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... Conditions experienced early in development can affect the future performance of individuals and populations. Demographic theories predict persistent population impacts of past resources, but few studies have experimentally tested such carry‐over effects across generations or cohorts. We used bumble bees to test whether resource timing had persistent effects on within‐colony dynamics over sequenti ...
... Bees and other pollinators are exposed to co‐formulants and adjuvants at very high levels in agriculture. Thorough, targeted, assessment of the toxicity of co‐formulants and adjuvants is urgently required. Created with BioRender.com. ...
pollinators, etc ; ecological function; pollination; terminology; Show all 4 Subjects
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... Pollination is a key ecological function of most terrestrial ecosystems. Decades of research on single‐trophic‐level communities, particularly plant communities, have helped to build the foundation of diversity–function theory. Yet as it stands, this theory appears to be less useful for intertrophic‐level functions such as pollination, as evidenced by empirical findings that are often inconsistent ...
Camila da Silva Goldas; Luciana Regina Podgaiski; Carolina Veronese Corrêa da Silva; Pedro Maria Abreu Ferreira; Jeferson Vizentin-Bugoni; Milton de Souza Mendonça Jr.
pollinators, etc ; biodiversity; chronosequences; grasslands; pollination; Brazil; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Fire is a frequent disturbance in most grasslands around the world, being key for the structure and dynamics of the biodiversity in such ecosystems. While grassland species may be resilient, little is known on how plant–pollinator networks reassemble after fire. Here, we investigate the structure and dynamics of plant–pollinator networks and the variation in species roles over a 2-year post-fire c ...
Charlotte Watteyn; Daniela Scaccabarozzi; Bart Muys; Nele Van Der Schueren; Koenraad Van Meerbeek; Maria F. Guizar Amador; James D. Ackerman; Marco V. Cedeño Fonseca; Isler F. Chinchilla Alvarado; Bert Reubens; Ruthmery Pillco Huarcaya; Salvatore Cozzolino; Adam P. Karremans
pollinators, etc ; Eulaema; Neotropics; Orchidaceae; odors; pollination; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Natural pollination of Vanilla species remains poorly understood. Our research aimed at better understanding the pollinator attraction mechanism of the Neotropical species Vanilla pompona. Based on our results, we hypothesize that the identified pollinator Eulaema cingulata is attracted via a dual mechanism combining floral fragrance rewards and food deception. Abstract in Spanish is available wit ...
pollinators, etc ; algorithms; kiwifruit; orchards; pistil; pollen; pollination; robots; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Accurate identification of flower position and orientation is an essential prerequisite for robotic pollinators to accomplish precise targeted pollination and improve the pollen utilisation rate. To accurately identify the pollination position and orientation of kiwifruit flowers, this study presents a vision-based information perception approach for automatically detecting flowers and accurately ...
pollinators, etc ; Bombus; bees; flowers; models; pollination; probability; travel; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Floral constancy of foraging bees influences plant reproduction. Constancy as observed in nature arises from at least four distinct mechanisms frequently confounded in the literature: context-independent preferences for particular plant species, preferential visitation to the same species as the previous plant visited (simple constancy), the spatial arrangement of plants, and the relative abundanc ...
pollinators, etc ; Drosera; Japan; carnivores; indigenous species; reproductive success; Show all 6 Subjects
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... In response to unfavorable environmental conditions, some Drosera species in the northern hemisphere do not open their flowers but form bud‐like flowers. The bud‐like flowers exhibit pseudo‐cleistogamous behavior and produce similar numbers of seeds as open flowers. However, it is not clear how common this type of reproduction is in the genus Drosera. In this study, we examined the effects of flow ...
pollinators, etc ; animals; flowers; microbial communities; paper; research; self-pollination; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Since the production of large and conspicuous flowers can be costly, self‐pollinated or asexually reproducing plants are expected to lose characters for pollinator attraction. However, some plants still produce conspicuous flowers despite not relying on pollinators for fertilization, suggesting overlooked benefits of receiving flower visitors. Here, we present visitor‐mediated microbial dispersal ...
pollinators, etc ; Apis dorsata; Neotropics; entomology; flowers; honey; species richness; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Understanding the association pattern and foraging behaviour of flower visitors is crucial to determine their role in the interaction with plants. To analyse the insect flower visitor association as well as their foraging profile on Aegialitis rotundifolia Roxb.—a near threatened mangrove plant, present study has been conducted among four islands of Indian Sundarban for three consecutive years. Re ...
pollinators, etc ; biodiversity; canopy; environment; fauna; fire history; landscapes; Florida; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Fire is a key determinant of vegetation structure and composition in ecosystems worldwide and is therefore an important management tool. The “pyrodiversity hypothesis”, which postulates that biodiversity will increase as fire diversity increases, remains largely untested for pollinators, a group of high conservation concern. We tested the relationship between pollinator diversity and pyrodiversity ...
pollinators, etc ; Bombus; Melastomataceae; biomechanics; ecology; flora; forests; pollen; pollination; Show all 9 Subjects
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... In most species of Melastomataceae pollen is the only reward for pollinators. Pollen is locked within poricidal anthers and is only legitimately removed by bees that specifically buzz the anthers. Stamen appendages in many species of plants are morphological adaptations of the androecium for pollination, and are evident in several species of Melastomataceae. In an experimental study, anthers with ...
pollinators, etc ; Erigeron speciosus; Potentilla; decline; ecosystems; indigenous species; pollination; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Pollination is essential for ecosystem functioning, yet our understanding of the empirical consequences of species loss for plant–pollinator interactions remains limited. It is hypothesized that the loss of abundant and generalized (well‐connected) species from a pollination network will have a large effect on the remaining species and their interactions. However, to date, relatively few studies h ...
pollinators, etc ; abscisic acid; cell division; corolla; cytokinins; floriculture; flower size; Show all 7 Subjects
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... MAIN CONCLUSION: Elevated temperatures suppress cell division in developing petunia buds leading to smaller flowers, mediated by ABA. Flower size is one of the most important showy traits in determining pollinator attraction, and a central factor determining the quality of floricultural products. Whereas the adverse effects of elevated temperatures on showy traits have been described in detail, it ...
pollinators, etc ; biosynthesis; chemical ecology; males; pyrazines; sex pheromones; stereoisomers; wasps; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Orchids pollinated by sexual deception lure their specific male pollinators by sex pheromone mimicry. Despite the growing list of chemically diverse semiochemicals known to be involved, the chemical basis and flexibility of this extreme pollinator specificity are not fully understood. One promising but rarely applied tool is the synthesis and field testing of chemically related variants for invest ...
pollinators, etc ; applied ecology; habitats; landscapes; pollination; spatial variation; species richness; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Enhancing the diversity of mass‐flowering crops (i.e. crop diversity) in agricultural landscapes is often proposed as a measure to favour pollinators and pollination, but it is uncertain whether crop diversity enhances pollinator richness on the wide landscape level. Here, we surveyed pollinator communities in semi‐natural habitats and mass‐flowering crops throughout the whole growing season in 26 ...
pollinators, etc ; bees; dominant species; forbs; habitats; indigenous species; soil; Missouri; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Urban prairie “gardens/plots” are gaining popularity for providing similar ecological services as remnant and restored prairies, which are predominantly found in rural areas. However, it is not known to what extent small urban prairies can sustain the plant-pollinator interactions that are vital to both the insects and the plants. The goal of our research was to examine plant/pollinator interactio ...
Natasha de Manincor; Benjamin Andreu; Bruno Buatois; Hineiti Lou Chao; Nina Hautekèete; François Massol; Yves Piquot; Bertrand Schatz; Eric Schmitt; Mathilde Dufay
pollinators, etc ; attractants; ecology; geographical variation; greenhouses; odors; phenotypic plasticity; pollination; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Floral scents are considered major attractants for pollinator species and scent composition is likely to be under pollinator‐mediated selection. Relatively, few studies have investigated geographical variation in floral scents in plant species with generalist pollination, and little is known about the mechanism behind this variation, often interpreted as the result of local adaptation to pollinato ...
pollinators, etc ; Bombus; climate change; extinction; phenology; phylogeny; risk; spring; Canada; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Biological responses to climate change can affect species' survival prospects, and failures to track favourable climate conditions can increase extinction risk. Two predominant strategies to mitigate climate change are spatial and temporal shifts, however the trade-offs between these responses for vital pollinator taxa are unknown. Also, the phylogenetic pattern of climate-driven phenology shifts ...
pollinators, etc ; bees; ecosystems; experimental design; flowers; meta-analysis; plant communities; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Flowering plants provide critical resources for wild bees. Consequently, enhancing flowering plant communities through hedgerows or flower strips has become a common recommendation to support native pollinator populations. Meta-analysis finds that enhancements are associated with higher local bee diversity. However, many studies have also examined the impacts of unmanipulated (i.e., existing, natu ...