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Bruce Anderson

Stellenbosch UniversityORCID 0000-0002-7264-4505Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:plant (other)· 4 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 2 Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 1 Research Focus:ecology & biodiversity· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Sam McCarreniD· 2 shared Allan G. EllisiD· 1 shared Ana Carolina Sabino de OliveiraiD· 1 shared Andrew J. HelmstetteriD· 1 shared Concetta BurgarellaiD· 1 shared Daniel J. SchoeniD· 1 shared Dessislava Savova BianchiiD· 1 shared Ethan NewmaniD· 1 shared

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Abiotic pollen loss: The neglected pollen fate

Bruce Anderson, Sam McCarren, Ana Carolina Sabino de Oliveira, Vinícius Lourenço Garcia de Brito

The paper quantifies abiotic pollen loss in four plant species and finds it accounts for a large proportion of total pollen loss, sometimes exceeding pollinator-mediated removal.

bioRxiv · Mar 12, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology

An angiosperm-wide perspective on reproductive strategiesand floral traits

Andrew J. Helmstetter, Marcos Méndez, Jürg Schönenberger, Concetta Burgarella, Bruce Anderson, Maria von Balthazar, Sylvain Billiard, Hugo de Boer, Johanne Cros, Pierre-Alexandre Delecroix, Mathilde Dufaÿ, John R. Pannell, Dessislava Savova Bianchi, Daniel J. Schoen, Mario Vallejo‐Marín, , Jos Käfer

The paper analyzes floral and reproductive traits across 361 flowering plant species to show that dioecy is linked to floral traits, while correlations with lifespan and dispersal are spurious.

New Phytologist · Jan 23, 2026Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology

Selective contexts favouring asymmetry: a theoretical and empirical study of pollen transfer in mirror-image flowers

Marco Saltini, Sam McCarren, Nicola Illing, Spencer C. H. Barrett, Bruce Anderson

This study examines how floral asymmetry affects pollen transfer and mating outcomes, finding that dimorphic enantiostyly enhances outcrossing but increases stochasticity in pollen transfer.

bioRxiv · Sep 23, 2025 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology

Pollinator and flower morphology interact to influence pollen receipt

Ethan Newman, Allan G. Ellis, Bruce Anderson

The paper shows how pollinator and flower morphology interact to influence pollen receipt in two plant species.

bioRxiv · May 16, 2025 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology