P. Biella

E-PoSa: a novel and effective tool for sampling pollen directly from flowers

E-PoSa is a new tool for collecting pollen from flowers, showing higher recovery and purity compared to traditional methods.

Pollen thermotolerance of a widespread plant in response to climate warming: possible local adaptation of populations from different elevations

This study examines pollen thermotolerance in Lotus corniculatus populations from different elevations, finding that highland populations show reduced germination at lower temperatures compared to lowland populations.

Mimicking orchids lure bees from afar with exaggerated ultraviolet signals

This study shows that the orchid Diuris brumalis uses exaggerated ultraviolet signals to attract bees at distances from its model plant, enhancing pollination success.

City climate and landscape structure shape pollinators, nectar and transported pollen along a gradient of urbanization

This study examines how urbanization affects pollinators, nectar resources, and transported pollen across different urban landscapes in Northern Italy.

Harnessing the power of metabarcoding in the ecological interpretation of plant-pollinator DNA data: strategies and consequences of reads filtering

This study evaluates the impact of different read filtering strategies on ecological interpretations of DNA metabarcoding data from plant-pollinator interactions.

Effect of urbanization and its environmental stressors on the intraspecific variation of flight functional traits in two bumblebee species

This study examines how urbanization affects flight-related functional traits in two bumblebee species across different urbanization gradients.

Changing pollinator communities along a disturbance gradient in the Sundarbans mangrove forest: a case study on Acanthus ilicifolius and Avicennia officinalis

This study examines how human disturbances affect pollinator communities and plant-pollinator interactions in the Sundarbans mangrove forest.

North-westward range expansion of the bumblebee Bombus haematurus into Central Europe is associated with warmer winters and niche conservatism

This study shows that Bombus haematurus expanded its range northward into Central Europe due to warmer winters, without significant niche shifts.

An empirical attack tolerance test alters the structure and species richness of plant-pollinator networks

The paper removes generalist plants from real plant-pollinator networks and shows increased species and interaction extinctions, reduced nestedness, and increased modularity, indicating network instability.

Does a strong reduction of colony workforce affect the foraging strategy of a social pollinator?

This study examines how reducing bumblebee workforce affects foraging strategies, finding little change in diet breadth or network-level indices despite increased foraging effort.

Experimental loss of generalist plants reveals alterations in plant-pollinator interactions and a constrained flexibility of foraging

The paper experiments with removing generalist plants to study effects on plant-pollinator interactions and finds reduced visitation and constrained pollinator flexibility.

Effects Of Small-Scale Clustering Of Flowers On Pollinator Foraging Behaviour And Flower Visitation Rate

This study examines how flower clustering affects pollinator foraging behavior and visitation rates in Dracocephalum moldavica, finding non-linear patterns that contradict optimal foraging theory.