Brood pollination mutualisms—interactions in which specialized insects are both the
pollinators (as adults) and seed predators (as larvae) of their host plants—have been …

Yucca moths (Tegeticula and Parategeticula) are specialized pollinators of yucca plants,
possessing unique, tentacle-like mouthparts used to actively collect pollen and deposit it …

Coevolution, reciprocal adaptation between two or more taxa, is commonly invoked as a
primary mechanism responsible for generating much of Earth's biodiversity. This …

Ecological interactions shape adaptations through coevolution not only between pairs of
species but also through entire multispecies assemblages. Local coevolution can then be …

Abstract The Mojave Desert contains the hottest, driest regions in North America and is also
one of the most ecologically intact regions in the contiguous United States. However, a …

Hybridization plays a significant role in biological evolution. However, it is not clear whether
ecological contingency differentially influences likelihood of hybridization, particularly at …

Background Interspecific interactions have long been assumed to play an important role in
diversification. Mutualistic interactions, such as nursery pollination mutualisms, have been …

Paleontology provides a compelling, but largely incomplete, record of mutualism that serves
to illustrate the kinds of insights that can be gained about species interactions from the …

The angiosperms are by far the largest group of terrestrial plants. Their spectacular diversity
is often attributed to specialized pollination. Obligate pollination mutualisms where both a …

In insect-pollinated plants, gene flow through pollen depends on the behaviour of pollinators
when moving pollen, as well as the spatial distribution of the plants. For the perennial …