Vertebrate pollinators are increasingly threatened worldwide, but little is known about the
potential consequences of declining pollinator populations on plants and ecosystems. Here …

The radiation of the angiosperms is often attributed to repeated evolutionary shifts between
different pollinators, as this process drives diversification of floral forms and can lead to …

Thousands of plant species worldwide are dependent on birds for pollination. While the
ecology and evolution of interactions between specialist nectarivorous birds and the plants …

Floral nectar harbours a diverse microbiome of yeasts and bacteria that depend
predominantly on animal visitors for their dispersal. Since pollinators visit specific sets of …

Premise Honeybees dominate the flower‐visitor assemblages of many plant species, yet
their efficiency in terms of the quality of pollen delivered to stigmas is largely unknown. We …

Pollination is a crucial ecosystem service, yet pollinator species diversity is declining as a
result of factors such as climate change, habitat loss and agricultural intensification. While …

Biological communities are increasingly faced with novel urban habitats and their response
may depend on a combination of biological and habitat traits. The response of pollinator …

Pollinator-mediated convergence in floral traits is the fundamental basis for pollination
syndromes, but it has seldom been rigorously analysed. Here we synthesize information on …

Abstract Five Andean Puya species (Puya alpestris, Puya chilensis, Puya coerulea, Puya
raimondii and Puya venusta) were studied to determine the relationship between their avian …

Pollination by rodents, originally discovered in Cape Proteaceae, is known from a handful of
plant lineages and may be more widespread than current data suggest. Here, we …