A global review demonstrating the importance of nocturnal pollinators for crop plants

MN Buxton, AC Gaskett, JM Lord… - Journal of Applied …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Pollinating insects are critical to ecosystem stability and food security. Concerns about the
impact of insect declines have therefore seen increased research on the role of wild …

Swallowtail butterflies and hawkmoths contribute equally to the pollination of Habenaria dentata (Orchidaceae)

SL Tan, XH Chen, HH Liao, L Huang, HW Xiao, HL Luo… - Flora, 2023 - Elsevier
Mixed pollination system with both diurnal and nocturnal visitors contributing to pollen
transfer and seed set have been documented in many angiosperm species. The flowers of …

Development of a facultative brood pollination mutualism in Thysanotus (Asparagaceae)

PG Ladd, EL Eakin-Busher - Flora, 2023 - Elsevier
Brood pollination is one of the more unusual ways in which plants reproduce. The plant has
to trade off damage to its flowers and reduction in future offspring in exchange for the …

Nocturnal pollinators significantly contribute to tree bean (Parkia timoriana (DC.) Merr.) reproductive success compared to diurnal pollinators

AB Singh, KS Kumar, S Kumar, VP Khanduri… - Journal for Nature …, 2024 - Elsevier
The prevailing scientific research in agricultural pollination is primarily focused on diurnal
pollinators. However, the active role of pollinators during the night hours, such as moths and …

Chemical mediators of pollinator specificity breakdown in dioecious Ficus deltoidea complex

NA Nizam, NBM Naser, INS Yahaya, RA Rashid… - Arthropod-Plant …, 2025 - Springer
The specific interaction of fig (Ficus) and its fig wasp pollinator (Agaonidae) is sustained by
the olfactory signal in combination with morphological co-adaptations. Ficus deltoidea …

Investigating the effects of diurnal and nocturnal pollinators on male and female reproductive success and on floral trait selection in Silene dioica

E Barbot, M Dufaÿ, C Godé… - Peer Community …, 2025 - peercommunityjournal.org
Plant species with mixed pollination systems are under pollinator-mediated selection by
both diurnal and nocturnal pollinator species. This could impact the strength and potentially …

Does pollination syndrome reflect pollinator efficiency in Silene nutans?

M Vanderplanck, P Touzet, F Van Rossum, E Lahiani… - Acta oecologica, 2020 - Elsevier
Despite the specialization of floral traits towards particular floral visitors (pollination
syndrome), insect-pollinated plants can display generalist rather than specialist interactions …

Friend or foe? A parasitic wasp shifts the cost/benefit ratio in a nursery pollination system impacting plant fitness

C Villacanas de Castro… - Ecology and Evolution, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Nursery pollination systems are species interactions where pollinators also act as fruit/seed
herbivores of the plant partner. While the plants depend on associated insects for …

Pollination ecology of lowbush blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium Aiton) in an island ecosystem

RE Noone, SM Doucet, PL Jones - Canadian Journal of Plant …, 2022 - cdnsciencepub.com
Plant pollination is influenced by plant traits, pollinator community, plant community, and
abiotic conditions. Island ecosystems, which often have reduced pollinator communities …

[PDF][PDF] Reproductive Biology of Endangered Thespesia populnea in Comparison to its Common Relative Hibiscus tiliaceus

T Li - Berkeley Scientific Journal, 2023 - escholarship.org
Reproductive Biology of Endangered espesia populnea in Comparison to its Common
Relative Hibiscus tiliaceus Page 1 88 Berkeley Scientic Journal | SPRING Anthropogenic …