▪ Abstract The pollination of flowering plants by animals represents a critical ecosystem
service of great value to humanity, both monetary and otherwise. However, the need for …

▪ Abstract Floral evolution has often been associated with differences in pollination
syndromes. Recently, this conceptual structure has been criticized on the grounds that …

A unique and personal insight into the ecology and evolution of pollinators, their
relationships with flowers, and their conservation in a rapidly changing world. The …

One view of pollination systems is that they tend toward specialization. This view is implicit in
many discussions of angiosperm evolution and plant—pollinator coevolution and in the long …

Many introduced plant species rely on mutualisms in their new habitats to overcome barriers
to establishment and to become naturalized and, in some cases, invasive. Mutualisms …

The loss and fragmentation of natural habitats by human activities are pervasive
phenomena in terrestrial ecosystems across the Earth and the main driving forces behind …

▪ Abstract Quantifying the extent to which seed production is limited by the availability of
pollen has been an area of intensive empirical study over the past few decades. Whereas …

Since the first edition of this book published in 2005, there has been an immense amount of
new and fascinating work on the history, ecology, and evolution of the Mediterranean flora …

The long-standing notion that most angiosperm flowers are specialized for pollination by
particular animal types, such as birds or bees, has been challenged recently on the basis of …

Structural analysis of plant–pollinator networks has revealed remarkably high species and
interaction diversity and highlighted the species important for pollination services. Although …