Mimicry is a classic example of adaptation through natural selection. The traditional focus of
mimicry research has been on defence in animals, but there is now also a highly-developed …

Ecuador has among the world's highest biodiversity, despite being a tiny fraction of the
world's land area. The threat of extinction for some of this biodiversity has dramatically …

Flowers use olfactory and visual signals to communicate with pollinators. Disentangling the
relative contributions and potential synergies between signals remains a challenge …

Globally, many undescribed fungal taxa reside in the hyperdiverse, yet undersampled,
tropics. These species are under increasing threat from habitat destruction by expanding …

Fungal symbioses with plants are ubiquitous, ancient, and vital to both ecosystem function
and plant health. However, benefits to fungal symbionts are not well explored, especially in …

1. Dracula orchids mimic mushrooms in appearance and scent, and are pollinated by
mushroom flies. This study examined the guilds of insect visitors to Dracula species and to …

Pleurothallidinae is the most diverse Neotropical subtribe in Orchidaceae and is almost
exclusively pollinated by insects of the order Diptera. Dracula, a genus of 138 species in the …

Tree diversity inventories were undertaken. The goal of this study was to understand
changes in tree community dynamics that may result from common anthropogenic …

We analyzed a set of historical data from rapid vegetation inventories in a tropical montane
cloud forest in northern Andean Ecuador. Trees in plots from several types of forest were …

La familia Orchidaceae es una de las dos familias más grandes de plantas con flores. Está
distribuida por todo el mundo, con una mayor concentración en trópicos y áreas …