Annual flower strips support pollinators and potentially enhance red clover seed yield
Ecology and Evolution, 2018 Ecological intensification provides opportunity to increase agricultural productivity while minimizing negative environmental impacts, by supporting ecosystem services such as crop pollination and biological pest control.
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Insects, 2020 Bees need food of appropriate nutritional quality to maintain their metabolic functions. They largely obtain all required nutrients from floral resources, i.e., pollen and nectar.
Moritz Trinkl +5 more
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Floral resource availability of Dicliptera squarrosa (Acanthaceae) and its dependence on hummingbirds for fruit formation in a forest fragment of Central Brazil [PDF]
Plant Ecology and Evolution, 2019 Background and aims – Hummingbirds are dependent and specialized on nectar-feeding, and many plants depend upon them for pollination. However, the degree of plant-pollinator interdependence varies greatly among species; thus, information on plant mating ...
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A dataset of pollen production for 168 common flowering plants in the United Kingdom
Ecological Solutions and EvidenceNectar and pollen are the two main floral resources consumed by bees, hoverflies and some other flower‐visiting insects. However, most existing datasets on floral resources focus on nectar production, and pollen is usually overlooked.
Mathilde Baude +4 more
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Floral resource availability from groundcover promotes bee abundance in coffee agroecosystems [PDF]
Ecological Applications, 2017 AbstractPatterns of bee abundance and diversity across different spatial scales have received thorough research consideration. However, the impact of short‐ and long‐term temporal resource availability on biodiversity has been less explored. This is highly relevant in tropical agricultural systems for pollinators, as many foraging periods of ...
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Stability lies in flowers: Plant diversification mediating shifts in arthropod food webs.
PLoS ONE, 2018 Arthropod community composition in agricultural landscapes is dependent on habitat characteristics, such as plant composition, landscape homogeneity and the presence of key resources, which are usually absent in monocultures.
Marcelo Mendes Haro +2 more
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Reproductive Biology of Varronia curassavica Jacq. (Boraginaceae)
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2018 Varronia curassavica, a subshrubby medicinal species associated with restinga in the Atlantic Forest, has been exploited by local people and the pharmaceutical industry.
MARCIA P. HOELTGEBAUM +6 more
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Trees Are a Major Foraging Resource for Honeybees in the City
PlantsLarge cities are typically characterized by a mosaic of green spaces that hold a remarkable variety of native and “exotic” plants. Urban beekeeping has gained increasing popularity.
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Availability of floral resources in yellow passion fruit cultivars
Comunicata Scientiae, 2018 The reproductive strategies and resources available in the flower are characteristics that stimulate research studies on the genetic improvement and fruit yield of commercial cultivars. In this sense, this study aimed to study the floral biology aspects of passion fruit cultivars in Tangará da Serra region, Mato Grosso State, Brazil at different ...
Oliveira Cobra, Simone Santos +3 more
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Year-round temporal stability of a tropical, urban plant-pollinator network.
PLoS ONE, 2020 Plant-pollinator interactions are known to vary across time, both in terms of species composition and the associations between partner species. However, less is known about tropical pollination networks, and tropical urban parks provide a unique ...
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