Covariation among reproductive traits in flowering plants shapes their interactions with pollinators

J B. Lanuza, R Rader, J Stavert, LK Kendall… - Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Globally, plants display enormous variation in life‐history strategies and trait combinations.
However, evidence suggests that evolutionary and physiological constraints limit the …

Fifteen emerging challenges and opportunities for vegetation science: A horizon scan by early career researchers

FA Yannelli, M Bazzichetto, T Conradi… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
With the aim to identify future challenges and opportunities in vegetation science, we
brought together a group of 22 early career vegetation scientists from diverse backgrounds …

Floral and reproductive traits are an independent dimension within the plant economic spectrum of temperate central Europe

AE‐Vojtkó, RR Junker, F de Bello… - New …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Major dimensions of plant ecological strategies have been widely studied bringing forward
the concept of 'economic spectra'of plants. Sexual reproductive traits,'floral traits', have been …

Towards the flower economics spectrum

AB Roddy, C Martínez‐Perez, AL Teixido… - New …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding how floral traits affect reproduction is key for understanding genetic diversity,
speciation, and trait evolution in the face of global changes and pollinator decline. However …

Phylogenetic diversity is a weak proxy for functional diversity but they are complementary in explaining community assembly patterns in temperate vegetation

AE‐Vojtkó, F de Bello, Z Lososová… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ecological differences between coexisting species within plant communities can be
assessed by considering functional and phylogenetic dissimilarities either separately or in a …

Inferring community assembly processes from functional seed trait variation along elevation gradient

S Rosbakh, L Chalmandrier, S Phartyal… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Assembly of plant communities has long been scrutinized through the lens of trait‐based
ecology. Studies generally analyse functional traits related to the vegetative growth, survival …

Flower colour and flowering phenology mediate plant–pollinator interaction assembly in a diverse co‐flowering community

C Albor, TL Ashman, A Stanley, C Martel… - Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Uncovering the role of competition and facilitation in community assembly is central for
developing a predictive understanding of the forces that organize biodiversity. Standard trait …

Pollination generalization and reproductive assurance by selfing in a tropical montane ecosystem

PJ Bergamo, NS Streher, V Zambon, M Wolowski… - The Science of …, 2021 - Springer
Pollination and reproduction are important processes for understanding plant community
dynamics. Information regarding pollination and reproduction is urgent for threatened …

Island area, isolation and climate effects upon flower traits in a megadiverse archipelago

LA Trethowan, L Jennings, G Bramley… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Flower traits are critical to the mutualistic networks that underpin ecosystem function.
However, the broad‐scale drivers of flower traits are unclear. Using the megadiverse islands …

Flowers of ruderal species are numerous but small, short and low‐rewarding

L Genty, E Kazakou, A Metay, M Baude, A Gardarin… - Oikos, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Weed species are ecological models that recently received considerable attention due to
their particular strategies linked to their ruderal‐competitive traits. They are known to have …