Most flowering plants are hermaphroditic, yet the proportion of seeds fertilized by self and
outcross pollen varies widely among species, ranging from predominant self-fertilization to …

Interspecific pollen transfer (IPT) is one of the mechanisms underlying potential competition
among plants for pollinators, and it refers to movement of pollen between different plant …

Since the rise of agriculture, human populations have domesticated plant and animal
species to fulfil their needs. With modern agriculture, a limited number of these species has …

Alien plant species can alter pollinator visitation and, in turn, the sexual reproduction of
natives. Using a conventional and a phylogenetically controlled meta‐analytical approach …

Mating in seed plants arises from interactions between plant traits and the environmental
and demographic context in which individuals reside. These interactions commonly cause …

Animal‐mediated pollination is essential for both ecosystem services and conservation of
global biodiversity, but a growing body of work reveals that it is negatively affected by …

Background Co-flowering plant species frequently share pollinators. Pollinator sharing is
often detrimental to one or more of these species, leading to competition for pollination …

Most studies of plant community assembly have focused on how the abiotic aspects of a
habitat (eg soil moisture or mineral composition) or direct interactions among plants in a …

Understanding how pollen moves between species is critical to understanding speciation,
diversification, and evolution of flowering plants. For co-flowering species that share …

This book takes a uniquely integrated approach to the study of floral biology. Flowers are the
beautiful and complex reproductive structures of the angiosperms, one of the most diverse …