Covering: 2010 to 2023 Floral volatiles are a chemically diverse group of plant metabolites
that serve multiple functions. Their composition is shaped by environmental, ecological and …

The attention of the global pollination community has been drawn to food safety and other
ecosystem services provided by pollinators, in light of decline in social bee populations …

A unique and personal insight into the ecology and evolution of pollinators, their
relationships with flowers, and their conservation in a rapidly changing world. The …

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 …

Abstract Background and Aims Large clades of angiosperms are often characterized by
diverse interactions with pollinators, but how these pollination systems are structured …

It is increasingly clear that plants perceive and respond to olfactory cues. Yet, knowledge
about the specificity and sensitivity of such perception remains limited. We previously …

Kleptomyiophily, where flowers imitate wounded insects to attract 'kleptoparasitic'flies as
pollinators, is one of the most specialized types of floral mimicry and often involves physical …

Four to six percent of plants, distributed over different angiosperm families, entice pollinators
by deception [1]. In these systems, chemical mimicry is often used as an efficient way to …

Deceptive flowers decoy pollinators by advertising a reward, which finally is not provided.
Numerous deceptive plants are pollinated by Diptera, but the attractive cues and deceptive …

Pleurothallidinae (Epidendreae) are a megadiverse Neotropical orchid subtribe comprising>
5100 species, most of which are probably pollinated by Diptera. The role of pollinators as …