Experimental flowering order shapes priority effects in plant-pollinator interactions
Agostina Torres, Wei-Ling Cherry Chen, Janneke Hille Ris Lambers, Susan Waters
This study shows that flowering order affects plant-pollinator interactions, with earlier flowering species receiving more visits and producing more seeds, highlighting climate change's potential to alter these dynamics.
bioRxiv · Oct 14, 2026 · PreprintEcology