Plant and animal studies

Scarcity of flowering plants on Sedum roofs limits pollinator diversity

This study shows that sedum roofs support lower pollinator diversity than nature roofs and roof gardens due to limited flower availability, highlighting design recommendations for urban green roofs.

Nectar Sugar Enhancement in Response to Bee Buzzing in Rhododendron x pulchrum: Sound-sensing Organs and Sensitivity Range

This study shows that Rhododendron x pulchrum and Lamium amplexicaule increase nectar sugar concentration in response to bee buzzing sounds, with a sensitivity threshold and involvement of petals and stamens in sound sensing.

Pollination and abiotic stress alter the distribution of variation in floral longevity and opportunities for adaptation

The paper examines how pollination rates and abiotic stress affect floral longevity variation and adaptation potential in Sabatia angularis.

Do sun orchids mimic buzz-pollinated plants? An experimental test of the adaptive significance of false anthers

The paper tests whether false anthers in sun orchids are adaptive by reducing fruit production when anthers are removed or obscured, showing their importance in pollination.

Legacy of the lost and pressure of the present: Malagasy plant seeds retain megafauna dispersal signatures but downsize under human footprint

The paper tests how past megafaunal extinctions and human activity affect seed sizes of large-seeded plants in Madagascar, finding legacy effects of extinct megafauna and human-driven downsizing.

Pollen sterols are highly diverse but phylogenetically conserved

The paper analyzes sterol diversity in pollen from 295 UK wildflower taxa and finds that sterol composition is conserved within plant lineages and important for bee nutrition.

Mass flowering and flowering asynchrony characterise a seasonal herbaceous community in the Western Ghats

The paper analyzes flowering phenology in a seasonal herbaceous community to determine factors influencing synchrony and asynchrony, finding that competition drives asynchrony and a few species drive apparent synchrony.

Effects of elevation and microclimatic temperatures on butterfly-flower interaction networks in a Mediterranean mountain range

This study examines how elevation and microclimatic temperatures affect butterfly-flower interaction networks in a Mediterranean mountain range, finding increased resilience at higher elevations and cooler microclimates.

The role of plant polyploidy in the structure of plant-pollinator communities

The paper examines how polyploidy affects plant-pollinator community structure by analyzing network metrics and mediating factors.

Integrating intraspecific variation into population dynamics reveals how interacting species persist in mutualistic communities

The paper integrates intraspecific variation into population dynamics to show how mutualistic species persist, finding that specialized individuals promote persistence without competitors, but heterogeneous mixtures are better with competitors.

Urbanisation drives biodiversity loss, fitness decline and community shifts in cavity-nesting Hymenoptera

This study shows urbanisation reduces species richness, reproductive success, and offspring survival in cavity-nesting Hymenoptera, with taxon-specific responses to environmental factors.

Individuals matter: habitat factors and plant traits shape individual-level pollinator interactions in a semi-arid landscape

The study examines how habitat factors and floral traits influence individual-level pollinator interactions and reproductive success in Maytenus senegalensis in a semi-arid landscape.

Self-medicating behavior in bumble bees has cascading consequences for pollination and plant reproduction

This study shows that bumble bee self-medication behavior affects pollination and plant reproduction, with infected bees preferring medicinal plant chemotypes, leading to increased medicinal plant offspring.

Floral display size does not affect the distribution of paternal diversity in Silene dioica

The paper investigates how floral display size affects paternal diversity in Silene dioica and finds no significant effect on within-fruit paternal diversity or sire profile similarity.

Phenological turnover matters when making trait-based predictions of plant-pollinator interactions

The paper investigates how phenological turnover affects trait-based predictions of plant-pollinator interactions by analyzing individual-level trait data from an Arctic community.

Sweet to arrive, fermented to fly: flower-insect interactions in a Mexican dry forest population of Annona macroprophyllata (Annonaceae)

This study characterizes the floral scent changes and pollinator interactions in Annona macroprophyllata, showing that female flowers attract pollinators with sweet scents while male flowers repel them with fermented odors.

Trait matching without traits: using correspondence analysis to investigate the latent structure of interaction networks

This paper uses correspondence analysis to study interaction networks without trait data, finding that latent traits influence niche breadths and foraging preferences in a bird-plant frugivory network.

Modeling habitat suitability for insect pollinators in New York City: Two decades of change

The paper models habitat suitability for insect pollinators in New York City over two decades, finding a net decrease in suitability with localized increases and highlighting the role of climate and land cover changes.

Phenology and flower species availability define wild bee communities on river embankments

The paper analyzes wild bee communities on river embankments, finding that flower species availability influences bee abundance and diversity, with red-listed species showing stronger correlations with landscape factors.

Generalist flowers recover rapidly in grassland restoration: The importance of floral traits in community reassembly

This study shows that generalist flowers recover faster than specialist flowers in grassland restoration, influencing pollinator communities and network structure over time.

"Spatial pattern of herbaceous seed dispersal by ungulates in grasslands of the Donana National Park (SW Spain)".

This study examines how ungulate community composition affects short-distance seed dispersal patterns in grasslands, finding significant spatial structuring linked to specific herbivores.

Nuances of floral mimicry in Queen of Sheba orchids

This study examines whether two Queen of Sheba orchids mimic specific tinsel lilies or engage in generalized food deception, finding partial mimicry and mixed effects on reproductive success.

Integration of an invasive plant in hummingbird and flower mite networks is driven by ecological fitting and generalization

This study shows that an invasive plant integrates into ecological networks by interacting with generalist hummingbirds and flower mites, not specialists.

Urbanization correlates with genetic and plastic variation of the spotted jewelweed flower morphology

The paper examines how urbanization affects genetic and plastic variation in flower morphology of Impatiens capensis by altering pollinator communities and inducing phenotypic plasticity.

Fungus-infected Meiogyne flowers offer a brood site for beetle pollinators in a tripartite nursery pollination system

The paper describes a tripartite pollination system in Meiogyne hainanensis where fungal-infected flowers serve as brood sites for beetle pollinators.

Anthropogenic noise can decrease tomato reproductive success by hindering bumblebee-mediated pollination

This study shows that anthropogenic noise reduces seed production in tomato plants pollinated by bumblebees, but not fruit market value.

More than fruity scents: floral biology, scent and spectral reflectance of Annonaceae species

This study examines the pollination biology, floral color, and scent chemistry of Annonaceae species to understand their visual and olfactory communication strategies for attracting pollinators.

The influence of bee movements on patterns of pollen transfer between plants: an exploratory model

This paper uses an agent-based model with reinforcement learning to simulate bee foraging and shows how learning improves pollination efficiency and genetic differentiation between plant subpopulations.

Local nesting resources rather than floral food alter ground-nesting bee communities in grazed habitats

This study finds that belowground nesting habitat characteristics, not floral resources, drive ground-nesting bee abundance and diversity in grazed habitats.

Pollinator and flower morphology interact to influence pollen receipt

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