Evolutionary ecology of nectar

AL Parachnowitsch, JS Manson, N Sletvold - Annals of botany, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Background Floral nectar is an important determinant of plant–pollinator interactions and an
integral component of pollination syndromes, suggesting it is under pollinator-mediated …

The demography of terrestrial orchids: life history, population dynamics and conservation

RP Shefferson, H Jacquemyn, T Kull… - Botanical Journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Terrestrial orchid life-cycles are complex and dependent on pollinators and mycorrhizal
associates. Worldwide, orchid populations are declining because of urbanization …

Real-time divergent evolution in plants driven by pollinators

DDL Gervasi, FP Schiestl - Nature communications, 2017 - nature.com
Pollinator-driven diversification is thought to be a major source of floral variation in plants.
Our knowledge of this process is, however, limited to indirect assessments of evolutionary …

A meta-analysis of the agents of selection on floral traits

CM Caruso, KE Eisen, RA Martin, N Sletvold - Evolution, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Floral traits are hypothesized to evolve primarily in response to selection by pollinators.
However, selection can also be mediated by other environmental factors. To understand the …

Interaction intensity and pollinator‐mediated selection

J Trunschke, N Sletvold, J Ågren - New Phytologist, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
In animal‐pollinated plants, the opportunity for selection and the strength of pollinator‐
mediated selection are expected to increase with the degree of pollen limitation. However …

A functional view reveals substantial predictability of pollinator-mediated selection

Ø Opedal - Journal of Pollination Ecology, 2021 - pollinationecology.org
A predictive understanding of adaptation to changing environments hinges on a mechanistic
understanding of the extent and causes of variation in natural selection. Estimating variation …

The context dependence of pollinator-mediated selection in natural populations

N Sletvold - International Journal of Plant Sciences, 2019 - journals.uchicago.edu
Pollinator-mediated selection to a large extent shapes angiosperm floral diversity, but clearly
not in isolation. To understand how selection by pollinators interacts with other selective …

Soil water and nutrient availability interactively modify pollinator‐mediated directional and correlational selection on floral display

Y Wu, G Liu, N Sletvold, X Duan, Z Tong… - New Phytologist, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The individual and combined effects of abiotic factors on pollinator‐mediated selection on
floral traits are not well documented. To examine potential interactive effects of water and …

Flower Size as an Honest Signal in Royal Irises (Iris Section Oncocyclus, Iridaceae)

S Lozada-Gobilard, N Nielsen, Y Sapir - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Flower traits, such as flower size or color changes, can act as honest signals indicating
greater rewards such as nectar; however, nothing is known about shelter-rewarding …

Conflicting selection on floral scent emission in the orchid Gymnadenia conopsea

E Chapurlat, J Ågren, J Anderson, M Friberg… - New …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Floral scent is a crucial trait for pollinator attraction. Yet only a handful of studies have
estimated selection on scent in natural populations and no study has quantified the relative …