Hederström, Veronica Ekroos, Johan Friberg, Magne Krausl, Theresia Opedal, Øystein H Persson, Anna S Petrén, Hampus Quan, Yuanyuan Smith, Henrik G Clough, Yann
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Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
Environmental change is disrupting mutualisms between organisms worldwide. Reported declines in insect populations and changes in pollinator community compositions in response to land use and other environmental drivers have put the spotlight on the need to conserve pollinators. While this is often motivated by their role in supporting crop yields,...
Trueman, Stephen J. Penter, Mark G. Malagodi-Braga, Katia Sampaio Nichols, Joel De Silva, Anushika L. Ramos, Adalgisa Thayne Munhoz Moriya, Leonardo Massaharu Ogbourne, Steven M. Hawkes, David Peters, Trent
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Global fruit and nut yields are affected by shortfalls in pollinator populations, and pollen limitation is most prevalent among tropical, bee-pollinated and self-incompatible plants. Macadamia is a subtropical, bee-pollinated crop in which some cultivars have been found to be highly outcrossing. We aimed to determine the extent of outcrossing and i...
Rosenheim, Jay Williams, Neal Rapp, Joshua Schreiber, Sebastian
When reproductive success is determined by the relative availabilities of a series of essential, non-substitutable resources, the theory of balanced fitness limitations predicts that the cost of harvesting a particular resource shapes the likelihood that a shortfall of that resource will constrain realized fitness. Plant reproduction through female...
Wu, Bi-Xian Ma, Li-Na Xia, Nan Wang, Hao Cao, Guo-Xing
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Frontiers in Plant Science
Introduction Monoecy is usually interpreted as an important evolutionary route of the plant sexual system from hermaphroditism to dioecy. This floral mechanism can effectively reduce self-interference during the reproductive process, and the services provided by pollinators may play an essential role in monoecious species; however, relevant researc...
Nathan, Mayda Gruner, Daniel S
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Annals of botany
How well plants reproduce near their geographic range edge can determine whether distributions will shift in response to changing climate. Reproduction at the range edge can be limiting if pollinator scarcity leads to pollen limitation, or if abiotic stressors affect allocation to reproduction. For many animal-pollinated plants with expanding range...
García, Yedra Dow, Benjamin S Parachnowitsch, Amy L
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AoB PLANTS
Understanding whether and how resource limitation alters phenotypic selection on floral traits is key to predict the evolution of plant-pollinator interactions under climate change. Two important resources predicted to decline with our changing climate are pollinators and water in the form of increased droughts. Most work, however, has studied thes...
Khanduri, Vinod Prasad
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Hacquetia
The aim of this study was to estimate reproductive effort and success in tropical trees and to examine the effect of pollen limitation on reproductive success. Pollen limitation was assessed through pollen supplementation experiment to contrast the open pollination treatment. The taxa selected were Bombax ceiba, Erythrina stricta (ornithophilous tr...
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Populations of the same plant species living in different locations but flowering at different times may vary in pollinator availability and floral traits. However, the spatial and temporal links between floral traits and pollination are rarely included in single studies. In this study, three populations of an alpine lousewort, Pedicularis rhinanth...
Carper, Adrian L Warren, Paige S Adler, Lynn S Irwin, Rebecca E
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American journal of botany
Evidence suggests that bees may benefit from moderate levels of human development. However, the effects of human development on pollination and reproduction of bee-pollinated plants are less-well understood. Studies have measured natural variation in pollination and plant reproduction as a function of urbanization, but few have experimentally measu...
Burns, Cole Villalobos, Soraya Vamosi, Jana C.
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Selection for specialized coevolutionary relationships can arise if generalized opportunistic pollinators, while still delivering some pollen, operate as less effective pollen delivery agents. Nevertheless, generalization could buffer high-latitude communities from loss of specialist pollinator species by providing some pollination service. Current...
