Premise Plants can mitigate the fitness costs associated with pollen consumption by floral visitors by optimizing pollen release rates. In buzz‐pollinated plants, bees apply vibrations to …
J Yin, H Liu, J Jiao, X Peng, BG Pickard… - Extreme Mechanics …, 2021 - Elsevier
Selective sensation of sound by the plant Arabidopsis thaliana may enable the timely upregulation of defensive compounds to protect against caterpillars of the plant's primary …
In buzz-pollinated plants, bees apply vibrations produced by their thoracic muscles to the flower, causing pollen release from anthers, often through small apical pores. During floral …
The remarkable diversity of floral forms across angiosperms is largely shaped by interactions between plants and pollinators. Buzz-pollinated flowers have a tight relationship …