Different influences of phylogenetically conserved and independent floral traits on plant functional specialization and pollination network structure [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023 Plant specialization and pollination network structure play important roles in community assembly. Floral traits can mediate plant–pollinator interactions and thus have important impacts on nestedness and modularity of pollination network.
Ganju Xiang +7 more
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Spatio-Temporal Variations in Pollen Limitation and Floral Traits of an Alpine Lousewort (Pedicularis rhinanthoides) in Relation to Pollinator Availability [PDF]
Plants, 2022 Populations of the same plant species living in different locations but flowering at different times may vary in pollinator availability and floral traits.
Wenkui Dai +2 more
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Pollinator parasites and the evolution of floral traits [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2019 AbstractThe main selective force driving floral evolution and diversity is plant–pollinator interactions. Pollinators use floral signals and indirect cues to assess flower reward, and the ensuing flower choice has major implications for plant fitness.
Bertrand Fouks, Kaira M. Wagoner
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Floral traits are associated with the quality but not quantity of heterospecific stigmatic pollen loads [PDF]
BMC Ecology, 2020 Background In flowering communities, plant species commonly share pollinators and therefore plant individuals receive heterospecific pollen (HP). However, the patterns of HP transfers can deviate from patterns of plant-pollinator visitations.
Manon A. Peuker +5 more
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Pollinator-Mediated Selection on Floral Traits of Primula tibetica Differs Between Sites With Different Soil Water Contents and Among Different Levels of Nutrient Availability [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 Abiotic environmental factors are predicted to affect plant traits and the intensity of plant-pollinator interactions. However, knowledge of their potential effects on pollinator-mediated selection on floral traits is still limited.
Yun Wu +7 more
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Plants, 2023 Pollinator-mediated selection is supposed to influence floral integration. However, the potential pathway through which pollinators drive floral integration needs further investigations.
Gan-Ju Xiang +4 more
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Humans Share More Preferences for Floral Phenotypes With Pollinators Than With Pests
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021 Studies on the selection of floral traits usually consider pollinators and sometimes herbivores. However, humans also exert selection on floral traits of ornamental plants.
Victoria Ruiz-Hernández +27 more
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Convergence without divergence in North American red-flowering Silene
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 Combinations of correlated floral traits have arisen repeatedly across angiosperms through convergent evolution in response to pollinator selection to optimize reproduction.
Andrea E. Berardi +6 more
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Floral Longevity of Paphiopedilum and Cypripedium Is Associated With Floral Morphology
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021 Floral longevity (FL) is an important trait influencing plant reproductive success by affecting the chance of insect pollination. However, it is still unclear which factors affect FL, and whether FL is evolutionarily associated with structural traits ...
Feng-Ping Zhang +9 more
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Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2021 Floral traits associated with functional groups of pollinators have been largely employed to understand mechanisms of floral diversification. Hymenaea is a monophyletic legume genus widely recognized to being bat-pollinated, with nocturnal anthesis and ...
ISYS M. SOUZA +3 more
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