Although not 'a professed botanist', Charles Darwin made seminal contributions to
understanding of floral and inflorescence function while seeking evidence of adaptation by …

▪ Abstract Ecologists and evolutionary biologists are broadly interested in how the
interactions among organisms influence their abundance, distribution, phenotypes, and …

Despite the dominating role of pollinators in floral evolution, mounting evidence reveals
significant additional, often antagonistic, influences of abiotic and biotic non-pollinator …

We propose research to fill key gaps in the areas of population and community ecology,
based on a National Science Foundation workshop identifying funding priorities for the next …

Currently, a global analysis of the information available on the relative composition of the
floral scents of a very diverse variety of plant species is missing. Such analysis may reveal …

Plant reproduction by means of flowers has long been thought to promote the success and
diversification of angiosperms. It remains unclear, however, how this success has come …

Pre-dispersal seed predation may have important effects on population dynamics and trait
evolution in plants. In this review, we first present a conceptual framework of the strength of …

Plant defenses against herbivores may be costly if they exclude mutualists. Here, I test the
hypothesis that aggressive ant bodyguards of plants deter pollinators, and explore …

A major gap in our understanding of floral evolution, especially micro‐evolutionary
processes, is the role of pollinators in generating patterns of natural selection on floral traits …

Plant defense against herbivores may compromise attraction of mutualists, yet information
remains limited about the mechanisms underlying such signaling tradeoffs. Here, we …