Foraging behavior frequently plays a major role in driving the geographic distribution of
animals. Buzzing to extract protein-rich pollen from flowers is a key foraging behavior used …

Despite their diversity and the potential for specialized pollination systems, Australian
Fabaceae have received little attention in pollination studies. In the Southwest Australian …

The division of labour hypothesis between stamens has explained the evolution of divergent
functions between dimorphic stamens in the same flower. However, little is known about …

Competition is an important biological filter that can define crucial features of species'
natural history, like survival and reproduction success. We evaluated in the Brazilian tropical …

Commelinaceae is an important component of the Atlantic Forest and its analysis can
provide information on the conservation of that species. This study had the objective of …

The absence of information on the reproductive biology of some nutritive legumes has been
an obstacle to their genetic improvement. Gathering information on reproductive biology …

Senna multijuga is an arboreal species well established in various Brazilian biomes, which
has the potential for applications recovering degraded areas. The objective of this study was …

A taxonomic revision of the oil-collecting bees of the subgenus Epicharis (Epicharitides)
Moure, 1945 is provided. A total of nine species were recognized: E. cockerelli Friese, 1900; …

Coffee leaf miner, Leucoptera coffeella, is a key coffee pest in the Neotropics. The larvae
feed on the parenchyma between surfaces of coffee leaves causing decrease of the …

Interactions between plant and pollinators are associated with the origin and maintenance of
species diversity, as well as ecosystem functioning. The potential of pollination as an …