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Open‐land‐derived agroforestry and effects of abandonment of management of the main crop on ecosystem services and woody plant diversity

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Tropical forests are rapidly declining. One promising strategy to reverse the loss of tropical forest is the establishment of agroforestry on open land. We combined interviews with biodiversity surveys to learn general lessons from success and nonsuccess stories of the establishment of open‐land‐derived coffee agroforests in one of the world's ...
Lucas M. Fonzaghi, Kristoffer Hylander, Thiago S. de Melo, Ayco J. M. Tack   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Effects of Disturbance on Plant-Pollinator Interactions in the Native Forests of an Oceanic Island (Terceira, Azores). [PDF]

Insects
Boieiro M, Ferreira M, Ceia-Hasse A, Esposito F, Santos R, Pozsgai G, Borges PAV, Rego C.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Solar farms can mitigate negative impacts of whiplash weather on plant communities in a dryland ecosystem

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Utility‐scale solar energy (USSE) development generates novel questions regarding coupling clean energy production with terrestrial ecosystem services (e.g., forage production, pollinator support). We found that a USSE array sited in a fallowed cropland maintained a reseeded native plant community even a decade post‐restoration and that the array ...
Caitlin Robertson, Amanda Gersoff, Seeta Sistla   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Plant-pollinator interactions along the altitudinal gradient in Berberis lycium royle: An endangered medicinal plant of the Himalayan region. [PDF]

PLoS One
Anjum N, Khan S, Verma S, Gaira KS, Rawat B, Chettri N, Hanief M.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The potential effect of megafaunal extinctions on modern conservation of horse chestnut Aesculus hippocastanum

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Many plant species worldwide are struggling to regenerate due to the ongoing effects of climate change. These effects appear to be further exacerbated by the loss of keystone megafauna, which were important seed dispersers. By identifying the traits commonly seen in seeds spread by modern elephants, it is possible to predict which species likely ...
Andrew J. Tighe
wiley   +1 more source

Sodium-enriched nectar shapes plant-pollinator interactions in a subalpine meadow. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
VanValkenburg E, Gonçalves Souza T, Sanders NJ, CaraDonna P.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Modelling sexually deceptive orchid species distributions under future climates: the importance of plant-pollinator interactions. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2020
Tsiftsis S, Djordjević V.
europepmc   +1 more source

Road air pollution harms the reproductive success of a bee‐pollinated wildflower: A dusty threat to biodiversity

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Dust, a common form of air pollution, is particularly problematic on roadsides, which are important habitats for plants and pollinators. We investigated whether and how road dust affects plant sexual reproduction using Primula chungensis in a biodiversity hotspot. Our study provides compelling evidence that road dust can harm plant reproductive success
Yong‐Peng Cha, Yin‐Mei Ma, David W. Inouye, Zhao‐Li Tong, Zhi‐Qiang Zhang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of Seasonal Atmospheric Factors and Photoperiod on Floral Biology, Plant-Pollinator Interactions, and Plant Reproduction on Turnera ulmifolia L. (Passifloraceae). [PDF]

Biology (Basel)
Layek U, Das N, Samanta A, Karmakar P.
europepmc   +1 more source

The shared benefits of fallen fruits: A novel mechanism stabilizing a nursery pollination mutualism between Sambucus and kateretid beetles

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, Hidehito Okada, Sadatomo Hisamatsu, Kenji Suetsugu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source