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Environmental and seasonal filtering of taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity patterns of mountain butterflies in a prime butterfly area, Greece

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
Forest clearings support butterfly communities comparable to mountainous grasslands in alpha‐diversity and conservation value, yet remain compositionally distinct. Generalized linear models (GLMs) showed three key habitat predictors shaping multifaceted diversity and community composition: herb/grass height, flowerhead abundance and elevation.
Konstantina Nasiou, Konstantina Zografou, Andreja Radović, Apostolis Stefanidis, Vassiliki Kati   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Black juice in the dark: Pollination of dark-nectared Jasminanthes mucronata (Apocynaceae) by nocturnal hawkmoths. [PDF]

Ecology
Chiyoda S, Mochizuki K, Kawakita A.
europepmc   +1 more source

Mapping wild bee diversity and flower use for an effective conservation of the Doñana biodiversity hotspot

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
We compiled the first checklist of wild bees in Doñana Protected Area, documenting 385 species, including three vulnerable and one endangered species listed in the Red List. Bee species exhibit diverse floral preferences, highlighting the need to incorporate plant–pollinator interactions and the role of plants in conservation and management strategies ...
Francisco P. Molina, Nerea Montes‐Pérez, Luis Villagarcía, Ignasi Bartomeus   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sugar-mediated physical constraints drive the evolution of pollination drops into nectar. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Giordano E, Betti G, Calabrese D, Casino CD, Ferrari M, Cirisano F, Gasperi T, Nepi M.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Protection status and environmental gradients shape butterfly assemblages in an East African tropical ecosystem

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
Observed butterfly richness was highest in moderately protected areas. During the dry season, vegetation productivity increased butterfly richness while human population density reduced it. Moderately protected areas supported high butterfly abundance and a high proportion of host‐specialist species.
Richard Alphonce Giliba, Jacqueline Loos, Konrad Fiedler   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Convergent mechanisms, divergent strategies: a comparison of nectar intake between a generalist and a specialist bat species. [PDF]

J Exp Biol
Quinche LL, Garzón-Agudelo F, Santana SE, López-Arévalo HF, Rico-Guevara A.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Local habitat, not landscape diversity, drives richness and reproduction of cavity‐nesting bees and wasps in agricultural landscapes

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
Local habitat type and hedgerow cover strongly shape bee and wasp richness, but only weakly their reproductive output, outweighing the landscape diversity effects at the 1‐km2 scale. Forests host more wasp but fewer bee species, whereas orchards support high richness of both; bee reproduction patterns are driven by one dominant species, while wasp ...
Sara Tassoni, Marit Kinga Kasten, Thomas Hiller, Michael Staab, Frank M. Schurr, Ingo Grass   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Temporal Dynamics of Nectar and Pollen Production in Protandrous Flowers of <i>Nigella damascena</i>. [PDF]

Plants (Basel)
Łabęcka Z, Denisow B, Strzałkowska-Abramek M.   +2 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Distinctive gene expression in the reduced first thoracic legs of a nymphalid butterfly

Insect Molecular Biology, EarlyView.
Transcriptome analysis reveals that the small non‐walking front legs of a butterfly have distinct gene expression to the four walking legs. Reduced front legs express a gene with putative mechanosensory roles, a blue‐sensitive opsin and two homeobox genes.
Asia E. Hoile, Peter O. Mulhair, Peter W. H. Holland   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Plant-pollinator interactions and floral and nectar traits shape the diversity of the nectar mycobiome. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Kisło K, Mazurkiewicz M, Starzyński B, Zych M, Wołącewicz M, Bajguz A, Chmur M, Roguz K.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source