The ecological co‐dependency between plants and hummingbirds is a classic example of a
mutualistic interaction: hummingbirds rely on floral nectar to fuel their rapid metabolisms …

Plant–hummingbird interactions are considered a classic example of coevolution, a process
in which mutually dependent species influence each other's evolution. Plants depend on …

Pollinators influence patterns of plant speciation, and one intuitive hypothesis is that
pollinators affect rates of plant diversification through their effects on pollen dispersal. By …

One of the reasons why flowering plants became the most diverse group of land plants is
their association with animals to reproduce. The earliest examples of this mutualism …

Hummingbirds have two main foraging strategies: territoriality (defending a patch of flowers)
and traplining (foraging over routine circuits of isolated patches). Species are often classified …

Ensuring connectivity is crucial to protect landscapes but it requires knowledge about how
animals use ecosystems throughout the year. However, animal movements remain largely …

Premise Animal pollinators play an important role in pollen dispersal. Here, we assessed
differences in pollen and seed dispersal and the role of pollinator functional groups with …

In agricultural landscapes, forest herbs live in small, spatially isolated forest patches. For
their long-term survival, their populations depend on animals as genetic linkers that provide …

Deforestation can impact the quality of pollen received by target plants (ie delivery of
incompatible pollen, self‐pollen or pollen from closely related individuals). Such reductions …

Trapliners are pollinators that visit widely dispersed flowers along circuitous foraging routes.
The evolution of traplining in hummingbirds is thought to entail morphological specialization …