Pollination ecology examines the diverse ways in which plants and their pollen vectors interact to achieve sexual reproduction, maintain genetic diversity and sustain ecosystem services. Floral traits ...

In the dark and moist understories of the subtropical forests of Shimoshima Island in Japan grow parasitic plants that feed on the roots of other plants. They are called Balanophora, and for over a ...

The Hidden Role of Bats in Pollination That Keeps Many Plants and Crops Thriving: Bats are often misunderstood, yet they play ...

Pollination dynamics within plant communities arise from intricate mutualistic interactions between flowering plants and their animal vectors. These interactions govern the transfer of conspecific ...

A new paper in Annals of Botany, published by Oxford University Press, indicates that pollination can have a dramatic effect on how plants grow and change. The study shows that when plants and ...

A new paper in Annals of Botany indicates that pollination can have a dramatic effect on how plants grow and change. The study shows that when plants and pollinators become uncoordinated, even for a ...

If you have an interest in the complexities of plant reproduction, you’ll love Peter Bernhardt’s Unsung Heroes of Pollination ...

The use of artificial light at night around the world has increased enormously in recent years, causing adverse effects on the survival and reproduction of nocturnal organisms. Artificial light at ...

Around 4,000 plant species from different parts of the world secrete nectar outside their flowers, such as on their stems or leaves, through secretory glands known as extrafloral nectaries. Unlike ...

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Since the time of the dinosaurs, cycad plants may have attracted insects using infrared light. It may be the world's oldest form of pollination. Rhopalotria furfuracea beetles pollinate the cones of ...

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