Molecular-assisted pollen grain analysis reveals spatiotemporal origin of long-distance migrants of a noctuid moth

H Chang, J Guo, X Fu, Y Liu, KAG Wyckhuys… - International Journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Pollen grains are regularly used as markers to determine an insect's movement patterns or
host (plant) feeding behavior, yet conventional morphology-based pollen grain analysis (or …

Functional biodiversity, environmental sustainability and crop nutritional properties: A case study of horticultural crops in north-eastern Italy

S Fusaro, A Squartini, MG Paoletti - Applied Soil Ecology, 2018 - Elsevier
Biodiversity is expected to be an assurance for the maintenance of agroecosystem, being
fundamental to preserve basic ecosystem services (ESS). To examine in depth this topic, the …

Comparative study of the insect community visiting flowers of invasive goldenrods (Solidago canadensis and S. gigantea)

EN Ustinova, SN Lysenkov - Arthropod-Plant Interactions, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Giant and Canadian goldenrods (Solidago gigantea and S. canadensis,
respectively) are two closely related insect-pollinated plants of the family Asteraceae, native …

Flexible diets enable pollinators to cope with changes in plant community composition

T Morán‐López, G Benadi, C Lara‐Romero… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Switching plant species visited by pollinators (partner flexibility) has been proposed as a
behavioural mechanism able to attenuate the negative impacts of shifts in plant communities …

Evaluation, maintenance and improvement of biodiversity for environmental protection and crop nutritional properties

S Fusaro - 2015 - research.unipd.it
Biodiversity is expected to be an assurance for agroecosystem resilience because it seems
fundamental to preserve basic ecosystem services (ES). To examine in depth these topics …

Pollen supplementation alters how flowering phenology affects reproduction in a spring-flowering herb

S Danguilan, AM Iler - International Journal of Plant …, 2023 - journals.uchicago.edu
The timing of flowering and other components of phenology such as duration and synchrony
can affect reproductive success and recruitment by influencing the environment a plant will …

The Effects of Tropical Milkweed (Asclepias curassavica) Density and Spacing on Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus) Egg and Larval Distribution

NB Rubal - 2017 - search.proquest.com
This research consisted of two experiments to study how density and spacing of Asclepias
curassavica (tropical milkweed) would affect Danaus plexippus (monarch butterfly) egg and …

Duration of visits of several insect species to Geranium palustre flowers

SN Lysenkov, NA Evtushenko - Кавказский энтомологический …, 2016 - elibrary.ru
Duration of visits of six insect species to Geranium palustre flowers were assessed using
video-records and analyzed with survival analysis which allowed data from incomplete …