Premise Many animals provide ecosystem services in the form of pollination including
honeybees, which have become globally dominant floral visitors. A rich literature documents …

A recent study posited that fire in grasslands promotes persistence of plant species by
improving mating opportunities and reproductive outcomes. We devised an investigation to …

Premise Reproductive fitness in plants is often determined by the quantity and quality of
pollen transferred by pollinators. However, many fitness studies measure only female fitness …

Magnolias are representative shrub and tree species of the tropical montane cloud forest
(TMCF) in Mexico, which is one of the most endangered ecosystems due to anthropogenic …

Pollinator sharing between close relatives can be costly and can promote pollination niche
partitioning and floral divergence. This should be reflected by a higher species divergence …

Premise Fire induces flowering in many plant species worldwide, potentially improving
reproductive fitness via greater availability of resources, as evident by flowering effort, and …

Premise Fecundity and mating outcomes commonly differ among plant populations
occupying contrasting environments. If self‐pollination occurs primarily among flowers within …

An individual's access to mates (ie, its “mating potential”) can constrain its reproduction but
may also influence its fitness through effects on offspring survival. For instance, mate …

During drought, plants allocate resources to aboveground biomass production and
belowground carbohydrate reserves, often at the expense of production of defence traits …

Shrubs are important factors in the assembly of desert plant and animal communities. By
providing shelter and resources to other plants and animals, shrubs can change plant …