The higher vulnerability of islands to invasions compared to mainland areas has been
partially attributed to a simplification of island communities, with lower levels of natural …

Abstract The plant genus Tolpis (Asteraceae) has been the subject of several investigations
on the evolution of oceanic island plants. Its insular species were utilized in studies of …

New or recently sterilized islands (for example through volcanic activity), provide ecologists
with natural experiments in which to study colonization, development and establishment of …

Thousands of plant species worldwide are dependent on birds for pollination. While the
ecology and evolution of interactions between specialist nectarivorous birds and the plants …

Members of colonial plant species often occur as scattered individuals well beyond the
borders of local populations. The ecological and genetical importance of these outliers to …

Observations on the phenology, breeding systems, seed germination and vegetative
reproduction of 10 widespread and abundant species of flowering plants on the isolated …

Invasive alien plant species pose a severe threat to native plant communities world‐wide,
especially on islands. While many studies focus on the direct impact of alien plants on native …

To investigate whether endangered endemic plants of the Azores are threatened by
pollinator limitation, we studied the insect pollinator communities of Azorina vidalii …

A growing number of studies on naturally occurring plant species have shown that plant-
plant interactions for pollination vary from competitive to facilitative. In reviewing the seven …

Pollination ecology and breeding system of Lilium pomponium L. were studied, and their
effect on the reproductive outcome was assessed. This species has high conservation …