Background In angiosperm evolution, autogamously selfing lineages have been derived
from outbreeding ancestors multiple times, and this transition is regarded as one of the most …

Yeasts are ubiquitous in terrestrial and aquatic microbiota, yet their ecological functionality
remains relatively unexplored in comparison with other micro-organisms. This paper …

Pollinators can be a limited resource and natural selection should favour differences in
phenotypic characteristics to reduce competition among plants. Bats are important …

Pollinator dependency is a life history trait that affects the evolutionary trajectory of individual
plant species and their pollinators. It has consequences for plant communities, particularly in …

We experimentally tested the hypothesis that the extensive within‐plant variation of nectar
sugar composition in Helleborus foetidus (Ranunculaceae) and other species results from …

Plant-pollinator interactions promote the evolution of floral traits that attract pollinators and
facilitate efficient pollen transfer. The spatial separation of sex organs, herkogamy, is …

Floral signals are typically emitted across multiple sensory modalities, although why they are
multimodal is unclear. One possible explanation is that multimodal signalling ensures that at …

To discover the effect of environmental factors on pollinator visitation to flowering Medicago
sativa, several field experiments were designed to examine the diurnal movement patterns …

Natural fruit set is constrained by pollen limitation and fruiting failure, and pollen limitation is
expected to be especially severe in deceptive orchids. We performed hand cross …

Flower morphology and pollinator dynamics play an important role in the evolution and
maintenance of many breeding systems, including andromonoecy. We used a series of field …