Pollinators are critical for food security; however, their contribution to the pollination of locally
important crops is still unclear, especially for non-bee pollinators. We reviewed the diversity …

Background Most tropical and subtropical plants are biotically pollinated, and insects are the
major pollinators. A small but ecologically and economically important group of plants …

Despite extensive documentation of the ecological and economic importance of Old World
fruit bats (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) and the many threats they face from humans, negative …

Our knowledge of the ecology of tropical rain-forest trees is limited, with detailed information
available for perhaps only a few hundred of the many thousand of species that occur. Yet a …

The Ecology of Sumatra distills for the first time the information found in nearly 1,500
scholarly works relevant to an understanding of the full range of natural and man-made …

Aim We review several aspects of the structure of regional and local assemblages of nectar‐
feeding birds and bats and their relationships with food plants to determine the extent to …

Current knowledge of flower visitors and pollination in the Oriental Region is summarised.
Much less is known about pollination than seed dispersal and the coverage of habitats and …

After the eruption, Krakatau provided a unique opportunity to study the colonization of a
sterile area by plants and animals across a sea barrier and the gradual incorporation of the …

Pollination is an often overlooked but large cost factor in crop production. In spite of the high
diversity of flowers, which requires an adequate diversity of pollinators, almost all animal …

Pollen viability is known to decline, sometimes rapidly, with age and exposure to
environmental stresses. Because of the potential impact of nongenetic factors on the ability …