A call to reconceptualize lichen symbioses

JL Allen, JC Lendemer - Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2022 - cell.com
Several decades of research across disciplines have overturned historical perspectives of
symbioses dominated by binary characterizations of highly specific species–species …

Uncovering the significance of the ratio of food K: Na in bee ecology and evolution

ZM Filipiak, J Ollerton, M Filipiak - Ecology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Bees provide important ecological services, and many species are threatened globally, yet
our knowledge of wild bee ecology and evolution is limited. While evolving from carnivorous …

[HTML][HTML] Unravelling the dependence of a wild bee on floral diversity and composition using a feeding experiment

ZM Filipiak, B Denisow, E Stawiarz, M Filipiak - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
We investigated nutrition as a potential mechanism underlying the link between floral
diversity/composition and wild bee performance. The health, resilience, and fitness of bees …

Sodium-enriched floral nectar increases pollinator visitation rate and diversity

CJ Finkelstein, PJ CaraDonna, A Gruver… - Biology …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Plants have evolved a variety of approaches to attract pollinators, including enriching their
nectar with essential nutrients. Because sodium is an essential nutrient for pollinators, and …

[HTML][HTML] The role of non-volatile chemicals of floral rewards in plant-pollinator interactions

SD Leonhardt, SX Chui, K Kuba - Basic and Applied Ecology, 2024 - Elsevier
The interaction between plants and pollinators has intrigued scientists for centuries. While it
continues to be [a] subject of ongoing research in basic and applied ecology, we tend to …

How many animal‐pollinated angiosperms are nectar‐producing?

CS Ballarin, FE Fontúrbel, AR Rech… - New …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The diversity of plant–pollinator interactions is grounded in floral resources, with nectar
considered one of the main floral rewards plants produce for pollinators. However, a global …

[HTML][HTML] Many different flowers make a bouquet: lessons from specialized metabolite diversity in plant–pollinator interactions

DCJ Wong, E Pichersky, R Peakall - Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 2023 - Elsevier
Flowering plants have evolved extraordinarily diverse metabolites that underpin the floral
visual and olfactory signals enabling plant–pollinator interactions. In some cases, these …

Harvesting pollen with vibrations: towards an integrative understanding of the proximate and ultimate reasons for buzz pollination

M Vallejo-Marin, AL Russell - Annals of Botany, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Buzz pollination, a type of interaction in which bees use vibrations to extract pollen from
certain kinds of flowers, captures a close relationship between thousands of bee and plant …

Scale‐dependent effects of landscape structure on pollinator traits, species interactions and pollination success

G Peralta, CJ Webber, GLW Perry, DB Stouffer… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The environmental filtering of species traits can influence the identity of their interaction
partners and the contribution of species interactions to ecosystem functioning, but the extent …

Non-forest woody vegetation: a critical resource for pollinators in agricultural landscapes—a review

M Bożek, B Denisow, M Strzałkowska-Abramek… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
In light of pollinator decline, plant species suitable for the restoration and conservation of
pollinators need to be selected. In this systemic review, we concentrated on the importance …