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Accumulation of Heavy Metals in Blueberry Floral Rewards and Their Effects on Reproductive Fitness and Bumblebee Pollination Behavior [PDF]

Plants
Heavy metals in soil can be translocated to floral rewards via specific physiological pathways, potentially altering pollinator behavior and reducing plant reproductive fitness. However, the comparative effects of different heavy metals on floral rewards
Lei Wu, Qi Sun, Xing Wang, Duo Liu, Yanwen Zhang   +4 more
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Impacts of increased temperatures on floral rewards and pollinator interactions: a meta-analysis [PDF]

Frontiers in Plant Science
Flowering plants produce pollinator rewards such as nectar and pollen, whose quantity and quality usually depend on the whole-plant state under specific environmental conditions.
Shirley Alquichire-Rojas, Víctor M. Escobedo, Víctor M. Escobedo, Marcia González-Teuber   +3 more
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Impact of Domestication on Floral Traits and Rewards: A Comparison Between Wild and Domesticated Squash (Cucurbita) [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution
Plant domestication primarily targets traits of direct human interest, such as fruit and seed characteristics; however, its indirect effects on other traits, including floral morphology and rewards (nectar and pollen), remain less understood.
Luis Alberto Villanueva‐Espino, Irais Avila‐Eulogio, M. Hesajim deSantiago‐Hernández, César Mateo Flores‐Ortiz, Rafael Lira Saade, Adonaji Cortés Pérez, Eric J. Fuchs, Mauricio Quesada   +7 more
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Drought stress alters floral volatiles and reduces floral rewards, pollinator activity, and seed set in a global plant

Ecosphere, 2020
Plant–pollinator interactions are mediated by floral signals and by the quantity and quality of floral rewards. Biotic and abiotic disturbances can influence plant reproductive success through both direct effects on plant performance and indirect effects
Caitlin C Rering, JOSÉ G Franco, Kathleen M Yeater   +2 more
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First Measurements of Mixed Floral Traits Influencing Anacardium occidentale (Anacardeacae) Attractiveness to Bees in Côte d'Ivoire: Conservation and Agricultural Implications [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution
In Sub‐Saharan Africa, cashew plants face challenges in suitable pollination and good agronomic performances. These challenges can largely be attributed to the ability of cashew floral traits in pollinator attraction. However, especially in Côte d'Ivoire,
Dolourou Silué, Nicodénin A. Soro, Lombart M. M. Kouakou, Seydou Tiho, Souleymane Konate, Wouter Dekoninck   +5 more
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Effects of short- and long-term experimental warming on plant–pollinator interactions and floral rewards in the Low Arctic

Arctic Science
Plant phenological and growth responses to experimental warming are widely documented, but less is known about warming effects on plant–pollinator interactions.
Roxaneh S Khorsand, Jeremy L May, Toke T Høye   +2 more
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Interaction between floral rewards and floral symmetry shapes diversification dynamics in Amazonian trees [PDF]

New Phytologist
Gustavo Burin, Sandra Maria Carmello-Guerreiro, Elisabeth Dantas Tolke   +2 more
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Warm Temperatures Reduce Flower Attractiveness and Bumblebee Foraging

Insects, 2021
(1) Background: Plants attract pollinators using several visual signals, mainly involving the display, size, shape, and color of flowers. Each signal is relevant for pollinators foraging for floral rewards, pollen, and nectar.
Charlotte Descamps, Anne Jambrek, Muriel Quinet, Anne-Laure Jacquemart   +3 more
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Pollination success in three tropical dry forest orchid species from Mexico: insights from floral display, visitation rates, and flower micromorphology

Botan‪ical Sciences, 2021
Background: Despite long-lasting efforts to disentangle the drivers of orchid pollination, pollination success in tropical dry forest orchids remains largely unknown.
Yazmín M. Miranda-Molina, Edgar J. González, Judith Márquez-Guzmán, Jorge Meave, Eduardo A. Pérez García   +4 more
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Comparative Nectary Morphology across Cleomaceae (Brassicales)

Plants, 2023
Floral nectaries have evolved multiple times and rapidly diversified with the adaptive radiation of animal pollinators. As such, floral nectaries exhibit extraordinary variation in location, size, shape, and secretory mechanism.
Brandi Zenchyzen, Stacie Weissner, Jaymie Martin, Ainsley Lopushinsky, Ida John, Ishnoor Nahal, Jocelyn C. Hall   +6 more
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