Nature's most fruitful threesome: The relationship between yeasts, insects, and angiosperms

ED Fenner, T Scapini, M da Costa Diniz, A Giehl… - Journal of Fungi, 2022 - mdpi.com
The importance of insects for angiosperm pollination is widely recognized. In fact,
approximately 90% of all plant species benefit from animal-mediated pollination. However …

Construction, validation, and application of nocturnal pollen transport networks in an agro‐ecosystem: a comparison using light microscopy and DNA metabarcoding

CJ Macgregor, JJN Kitson, R Fox, C Hahn… - Ecological …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
1. Moths are globally relevant as pollinators but nocturnal pollination remains poorly
understood. Plant–pollinator interaction networks are traditionally constructed using either …

A review of European studies on pollination networks and pollen limitation, and a case study designed to fill in a gap

JM Bennett, A Thompson, I Goia, R Feldmann… - AoB Plants, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Anthropogenic environmental change disrupts interactions between plants and their animal
pollinators. To assess the importance of different drivers, baseline information is needed on …

Nectar production and carbohydrate composition across floral sexual phases: contrasting patterns in two protandrous Aconitum species (Delphinieae, Ranunculaceae …

S Antoń, B Denisow - Flora-Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of …, 2014 - Elsevier
In dichogamous species, it is necessary that pollinators are attracted both to male-and
female-phase flowers in order to achieve effective cross-pollination. We investigated, over a …

Nectaries and male-biased nectar production in protandrous flowers of a perennial umbellifer Angelica sylvestris L. (Apiaceae)

M Stpiczyńska, M Nepi, M Zych - Plant Systematics and Evolution, 2015 - Springer
Nectar is the most common floral pollinator reward. In dichogamous species, floral nectar
production rates can differ between sexual phases. We studied the structure of nectaries …

Intraspecific Variation in Nectar Chemistry and Its Implications for Insect Visitors: The Case of the Medicinal Plant, Polemonium Caeruleum L.

J Ryniewicz, M Skłodowski, M Chmur, A Bajguz… - Plants, 2020 - mdpi.com
Floral nectar, being a primary reward for insect visitors, is a key factor in shaping plant–
pollinator interactions. However, little is known about the variability in nectar traits, which …

Lessons from red data books: plant vulnerability increases with floral complexity

A Stefanaki, A Kantsa, T Tscheulin, M Charitonidou… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
The architectural complexity of flower structures (hereafter referred to as floral complexity)
may be linked to pollination by specialized pollinators that can increase the probability of …

Initial impact of clear-cut logging on dynamics of understory vascular plants andpollinators in Scots pine-dominated forests in Lithuania

L Cesoniene, R Daubaras, P Kaskonas… - Turkish Journal of …, 2018 - journals.tubitak.gov.tr
The development of understory plants and attendant changes of pollinators immediately
after clear-cut logging were studied in boreal Scots pine forests. Experiments were carried …

[PDF][PDF] Nectar secretion and pollen production in protandrous flowers of Campanula patula L.(Campanulaceae)

B Denisow, M Strzalkowska-Abramek… - Acta …, 2018 - bibliotekanauki.pl
Nectar secretion was noted both in the male and female floral phases of the protandrous
flowers of Campanula patula (Campanulaceae). Female-biased sugar accumulation was …

Spatiotemporal Variations in Seed Set and Pollen Limitation in Populations of the Rare Generalist Species Polemonium caeruleum in Poland

J Ryniewicz, K Roguz, P Mirski, E Brzosko… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
A vast majority of angiosperms are pollinated by animals, and a decline in the number and
diversity of insects often affects plant reproduction through pollen limitation. This …