Ecosourcing seed of 'local genetic stock'for ecological restoration has been practiced in New
Zealand for about 50 years. However, we believe that it has become unnecessarily …

Birds provide ecosystem services by facilitating plant reproduction as both pollinators and
seed dispersers, but to date bird pollination has been considered relatively less important …

Habitat fragmentation is one of the greatest threats to biodiversity conservation and
ecosystem productivity mediated by direct human impact. Its consequences include genetic …

The estimation of outcrossing rates in hermaphroditic species has been a major focus in the
evolutionary study of reproductive strategies, and is also essential for plant breeding and …

In nature, fruit and seed production in many plants have been shown to be pollen limited.
Pollen limitation is demonstrated when open-pollinated plants that are hand-supplemented …

The consequences of global bird declines on ecosystem function are gaining increasing
attention. Here we consider the effects of changes in bird community composition and …

Premise Fecundity and mating outcomes commonly differ among plant populations
occupying contrasting environments. If self‐pollination occurs primarily among flowers within …

The population characteristics of distylous species are highly sensitive to stochastic natural
selection pressure. Therefore, populations growing under different environmental conditions …

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 …

Following the global trend of deforestation and degradation, tropical dry forests in the
Mascarenes archipelago on Reunion has undergone harsh reduction and fragmentation …