Novel Insect Florivory Strategy Initiates Autogamy in Unopened Allogamous Flowers [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2018 AbstractInsects may influence plant development via pollination, galling, and a range of herbivorous interactions, including florivory. Here, we report a novel form of insect-plant interaction in the form of florivory-initiated autogamy. Mompha capella larvae, feeding on petal bases of Crocanthemum canadense before flowers open, while providing no ...
Hillier, N. K., Evans, E., Evans, R. C.
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Effects of florivory on plant‐pollinator interactions: Implications for male and female components of plant reproduction [PDF]
American Journal of Botany, 2016 PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Florivory could have direct negative effects on plant fitness due to consumption of floral organs, and indirect effects mediated through changes in traits important to pollination. These effects likely vary with plant sexual system, depending on sex‐ or morph‐specific patterns of damage.
Adrian L Carper +2 more
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Socioecological drivers of mutualistic and antagonistic plant-insect interactions and interaction outcomes in suburban landscapes. [PDF]
PLoS ONECities are complex socioecological systems, yet most urban ecology research does not include the influence of social processes on ecological outcomes. Much of the research that does address social processes focuses primarily on their effects on biotic ...
Gordon Fitch +3 more
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Florivory indirectly decreases the plant reproductive output through changes in pollinator attraction [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2018 AbstractSpecies often interact indirectly with each other via their traits. There is increasing appreciation of trait‐mediated indirect effects linking multiple interactions. Flowers interact with both pollinators and floral herbivores, and the flower‐pollinator interaction may be modified by indirect effects of floral herbivores (i.e., florivores) on ...
Kaoru Tsuji, Takayuki Ohgushi
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Trades-offs between pollinator attraction and florivore defense maximize reproductive success in the self-incompatible Rivea ornata (Convolvulaceae) [PDF]
BMC Ecology and EvolutionBackground Rivea ornata, a rare species from the morning glory family, exhibits uncommon characteristics compared to other typical morning glories, including nocturnal flowers that fit the classic moth pollination syndrome.
Natthaphong Chitchak +2 more
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First Record of Flower Bud Galls in Senega (Fabales: Polygalaceae): The Case of S. salasiana and Their Effect on Plant Reproduction [PDF]
PlantsWe report the first case of flower bud galls in a species of the mainly American genus Senega (Polygalaceae), specifically in the South Andean Patagonian plant species S. salasiana.
Agustina Martinez +2 more
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Visual-, Olfactory-, and Nectar-Taste-Based Flower Aposematism [PDF]
PlantsFlorivory, i.e., flower herbivory, of various types is common and can strongly reduce plant fitness. Flowers suffer two very different types of herbivory: (1) the classic herbivory of consuming tissues and (2) nectar theft.
Simcha Lev-Yadun
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A new fossil plesiomorphic flat bug (Aradidae) suggests widespread flower visiting in Heteroptera during the Mesozoic [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThe phenomenon of flower visiting (anthophily) and the pollination, though becoming prevalent with the rise of flowering angiosperms, hypothesized to have originated from the antagonistic relationship of florivory between insects and gymnosperms in the ...
Péter Kóbor, Márton Szabó
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Florivory: the intersection of pollination and herbivory [PDF]
Ecology Letters, 2006 AbstractPlants interact with many visitors who consume a variety of plant tissues. While the consequences of herbivory to leaves and shoots are well known, the implications of florivory, the consumption of flowers prior to seed coat formation, have received less attention.
Andrew C, McCall, Rebecca E, Irwin
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Editorial: Flower Metabolism and Pollinators [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021 Monica Borghi +4 more
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