The evolution, ecology, and conservation of hummingbirds and their interactions with flowering plants

KG Leimberger, B Dalsgaard, JA Tobias… - Biological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Pollinator specialization: from the individual to the community

BJ Brosi - New Phytologist, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Most spermatophytes need conspecific pollen in order to produce seed. This need for
specialization seems to conflict with the generalized nature of most plant–pollinator …

Small mammal personalities generate context dependence in the seed dispersal mutualism

AM Brehm, A Mortelliti - Proceedings of the National …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Mutualisms are foundational components of ecosystems with the capacity to generate
biodiversity through adaptation and coevolution and give rise to essential services such as …

The dark side of street lighting: impacts on moths and evidence for the disruption of nocturnal pollen transport

CJ Macgregor, DM Evans, R Fox… - Global Change …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Among drivers of environmental change, artificial light at night is relatively poorly
understood, yet is increasing on a global scale. The community‐level effects of existing …

Sampling bias is a challenge for quantifying specialization and network structure: lessons from a quantitative niche model

J Fründ, KS McCann, NM Williams - Oikos, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Network approaches have become a popular tool for understanding ecological complexity in
a changing world. Many network descriptors relate directly or indirectly to specialization …

Plants, pollinators and their interactions under global ecological change: The role of pollen DNA metabarcoding

KL Bell, KJ Turo, A Lowe, K Nota, A Keller… - Molecular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Anthropogenic activities are triggering global changes in the environment, causing entire
communities of plants, pollinators and their interactions to restructure, and ultimately leading …

Geographical variation in mutualistic networks: similarity, turnover and partner fidelity

K Trøjelsgaard, P Jordano… - … of the Royal …, 2015 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Although species and their interactions in unison represent biodiversity and all the
ecological and evolutionary processes associated with life, biotic interactions have, contrary …

DNA metabarcoding data unveils invisible pollination networks

A Pornon, C Andalo, M Burrus, N Escaravage - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
Animal pollination, essential for both ecological services and ecosystem functioning, is
threatened by ongoing global changes. New methodologies to decipher their effects on …

Generalisation and specialisation in hoverfly (Syrphidae) grassland pollen transport networks revealed by DNA metabarcoding

A Lucas, O Bodger, BJ Brosi, CR Ford… - Journal of Animal …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Pollination by insects is a key ecosystem service and important to wider ecosystem function.
Most species‐level pollination networks studied have a generalised structure, with plants …

The role of pollination effectiveness on the attributes of interaction networks: from floral visitation to plant fitness

MH de Santiago‐Hernández, S Martén‐Rodríguez… - Ecology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Network analysis is a powerful tool to understand community‐level plant–pollinator
interactions. We evaluated the role of floral visitors on plant fitness through a series of …