Consistency in floral volatiles impacts plant-pollinator interactions in the face of environmental change in the Eastern Himalayas
Gauri Gharpure, Joyshree Chanam, Dharmendra Lamsal, Yuvaraj Ranganathan, Sushant Potdar, Subecha Rai, Abhilasha Saikia, Adesh Rai, Dharmit Lepcha, Dharna Subba, Dorjee Tshering Lepcha, Himashri Talukdar, Jagath Vedamurthy, Megha Rai, Ongchuk Bhutia, , Shannon Bryn Olsson
The paper examines how elevation and warming affect floral scent composition and pollinator preferences in alpine meadows, finding that conspecific scents remain more similar across elevations than between species.
bioRxiv · Feb 26, 2025 · PreprintEcology