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Olfactory specialization for perfume collection in male orchid bees [PDF]
Journal of Experimental Biology, 2016 ABSTRACT Insects rely on the olfactory system to detect a vast diversity of airborne molecules in their environment. Highly sensitive olfactory tuning is expected to evolve when detection of a particular chemical with great precision is required in the context of foraging and/or finding mates.
Mitko, Lukasz +5 more
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Sociobiology, 2016 The lack of effective biodiversity baselines is a major impairment to implement conservation plans. Hence, constructing and updating species lists provides vital information about species distribution records.
Ricardo Ribeiro de Castro Solar +3 more
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Non-floral scent sources of orchid bees: observations and significance
bioRxivMales of the neotropical orchid bees collect environmental volatiles to concoct complex species-specific perfumes that are later used in sexual communication. While perfumes are typically seen as being derived from floral sources, these bees also collect
Jonas Henske +2 more
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Deforestation narrows pollen diet diversity of generalist orchid bees
Journal of Insect ConservationOrchid bee species are important pollinators in the Neotropics. While male orchid bees are known to have a close interaction with odor-rewarding flowers, orchid bee females are often pollen generalists.
S. Boff +9 more
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Assessing ChatGPT for taxonomic and floristic studies
Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.The advancement of biological sciences has long been closely linked to technological progress. ChatGPT, a generative artificial intelligence chatbot capable of producing human‐like conversational responses, has recently attracted attention as a potential support tool for scientific research.
Mykyta Peregrym +7 more
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Animating blossom: Time‐lapse to encourage plant awareness in the YouTube era
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Time‐lapse videos can effectively capture key traits of flower blossoms, such as color, 3D structure, and temporal changes, making them valuable complements to herbarium specimens and other botanical collections. Despite the abundance of such videos on YouTube, most provide no ecological and botanical insights.
Tae Kyung Yoon
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A literature review of the pollination strategies and breeding systems in Oncidiinae orchids [PDF]
Acta Botânica Brasílica, 2019 Oncidiinae is an exclusively Neotropical orchid subtribe with about 1600 described species and an impressive array of vegetative and floral morphological adaptations.
Jonas B. Castro, Rodrigo B. Singer
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Climate Change: Bees and Orchids Lose Touch [PDF]
Current Biology, 2014 Spring temperature increases could differentially affect flowering times and pollinator flight periods, leading to asynchrony and reduced pollination. A specialist orchid-bee study combining herbarium, museum and field data shows that bee flight dates are advancing faster than orchid flowering, which could lead to significant future uncoupling.
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Understanding how cooperative interactions remain stable matters for biodiversity because many plants rely on specialist insects that can also impose reproductive costs. We studied the interaction between Sambucus sieboldiana and seed‐consuming Heterhelus beetles through detailed field observations and pollination experiments.
Suzu Kawashima +3 more
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Understanding the Range and Impact of Visitor Experiences at Science Museums
Curator: The Museum Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT While the core mission of science museums is to provide engaging learning experiences that promote scientific literacy among the visiting public, attention has recently been focused on the wide range of visitor experiences that surround and support visitor learning.
Jan Packer
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