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The Red Queen unveils the sexual and mating strategies of flowers

Journal of Ecology, Volume 114, Issue 5, May 2026.
Although the conventional wisdom is that floral traits of plants evolved in concert with their mutualistic pollinators, here we showed that several key sexual and mating traits of plants, which modulate their outcrossing strategy, evolved in response to the pressure exerted by their antagonistic insect herbivores.
Carlos Roberto Fonseca, Martin Brändle, Martin M. Gossner   +2 more
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BIEN: A biodiversity informatics ecosystem advancing open and reproducible workflows for plant observation, plot and trait data

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, Volume 17, Issue 5, Page 1556-1584, May 2026.
Abstract The rapid expansion of biodiversity data presents new opportunities to understand and forecast biosphere dynamics. However, disparate and dispersed data, taxonomic and geographic inconsistencies, pervasive quality issues, and a lack of reproducable workflows hinder synthesis, introduce biases and limit accurate assessment of biodiversity ...
Brian J. Enquist, Brad Boyle, Brian S. Maitner, Cory Merow, Ben S. Carlson, Xiao Feng, Gabriel M. Moulatlet, Erica A. Newman, Daniel S. Park, Michiel Pillet, Patrick R. Roehrdanz, Josep M. Serra‐Diaz, Rethvick S. Y. Babu, George G. C. Barbosa, Nathan Casler, John C. Donoghue II, Daniel Guaderrama, Rohith K. Sajja, Thomas L. P. Couvreur, Matthew B. Jones, Peter M. Jørgensen, Nathan J. B. Kraft, Pablo A. Marquet, Brian J. McGill, Nirav Merchant, Naia Morueta‐Holme, Danilo M. Neves, Ary Oliveira‐Filho, Robert K. Peet, Oliver Phillips, Brody Sandel, Mark Schildhauer, Irena Simova, Hans ter Steege, Jens‐Christian Svenning, Barbara Thiers, Cyrille Violle, Jan J. Wieringa, Susan K. Wiser   +38 more
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Microhabitat Variation in Feeding Places Shape Ant‐Hemiptera Interactions Within Cocoa Agroecosystems

Biotropica, Volume 58, Issue 3, May 2026.
Ant‐hemipteran mutualistic networks in cocoa crops maintain a stable structural organization across different microhabitats (flowers, leaves, and fruits) and management types. This stability is not intrinsic to the network, but rather an emergent result of the behavior of a few generalist ant species acting as structural buffers.
Elmo B. A. Koch, Emanuelle L. S. Brito, Cléa S. F. Mariano, Thamy E. D. Marques, Wesley DaRocha, Jacques H. C. Delabie   +5 more
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Urbanization Intensity, Vegetation Cover and Plant Vigor Affects Stem Galls Occurrence and Abundance in a Widely Distributed Ruderal Tropical Plant

Biotropica, Volume 58, Issue 2, March 2026.
In this study, we demonstrate that urbanization intensity reduces the abundance of stem galls on Turnera subulata, while increased vegetation cover and plant vigor promote higher occurrence and abundance. These findings highlight the importance of native vegetation in sustaining specialized insect‐plant interactions and provide evidence that plant ...
Luziene Seixas, Dalton Serafim, João Victor Sabino Santos, Kim Ribeiro Barão, Guilherme Ramos Demetrio   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Plantas medicinais nativas brasileiras: por que conservar e preservar?

Revista Fitos, 2022
Em 05 de junho comemoramos o Dia Mundial do Meio Ambiente, criado pela Assembleia Geral das Nações Unidas durante a Conferência de Estocolmo, na Suécia, através da Resolução XXVII de 15 de dezembro de 1972. Todos os anos, nesse dia, diversas manifestações ocorrem em todo o mundo relembrando ao público, em geral, a importância e a necessidade da ...
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Unexpected spatial aggregation between two species of hummingbirds and their inconsistent spatial interactions with native and exotic plants in an urban ecological reserve

Ibis, Volume 167, Issue 4, Page 927-944, October 2025.
Hummingbirds play an important role as pollinators and are one of the primary examples of animal–plant coevolution. However, factors such as land‐use change, urbanization, exotic species introductions and the disappearance of native plants can negatively affect the persistence of hummingbird populations.
Gonzalo A. Ramírez‐Cruz, Israel Solano‐Zavaleta, J. Jaime Zúñiga‐Vega, P. Montserrat Vilchis‐Domínguez, Mariana Palencia‐Martínez   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Insights on the Potential of Natural Regeneration to Restore Cerrado Open Ecosystems

Austral Ecology, Volume 50, Issue 9, September 2025.
The colonisation potential of native Cerrado species in degraded areas will depend on the remaining underground structures and not on seed rain from nearby conserved remnants. Effective restoration of the Cerrado will not be possible without active restoration, if the bud‐bank are not present in the system.
Bethina Stein, Natashi Pilon, Demetrius Lira‐Martins, Lucy Rowland, Rafael S. Oliveira   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Distinct Intra‐ and Interspecific Foraging Patterns of Stingless Bee Species as a Conservation Tool

Biotropica, Volume 57, Issue 5, September 2025.
In this study, we examined the foraging patterns of three rescued stingless bee species in the Bolivian Yungas using melissopalynology and plant–pollinator network analysis. We found distinct floral foraging patterns both within and among three stingless bee species in the Bolivian Yungas, suggesting niche partitioning at multiple levels.
Sissi Lozada‐Gobilard, Pamela Cristina Santana, Yamil Maidana‐Tuco, Elvis Otmar Gutierrez, Teresa Ortuño   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Chromosome‐scale reference genome of Pectocarya recurvata, the species with the smallest reported genome size in Boraginaceae

Applications in Plant Sciences, Volume 13, Issue 3, May-June 2025.
Abstract Premise Pectocarya recurvata (Boraginaceae, subfamily Cynoglossoideae), a species native to the Sonoran Desert (North America), has served as a model system for a suite of ecological and evolutionary studies. However, no reference genomes are currently available in Cynoglossoideae. A high‐quality reference genome for P.
Poppy C. Northing, Jessie A. Pelosi, D. Lawrence Venable, Katrina M. Dlugosch   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

POTENCIAL PAISAGÍSTICO DE PLANTAS NATIVAS DE SANTO ÂNGELO-RS

Revista Interdisciplinar em Ciências da Saúde e Biológicas, 2020
O paisagismo é essencial para o equilíbrio ecológico, pois os espaços verdes estão sendo cada vez mais ocupados. Assim, o objetivo deste trabalho foi analisar a possibilidade do uso de plantas nativas que ocorrem na cidade de Santo Ângelo, em projetos paisagísticos e de ornamentação, bem como, confeccionar ilustrações das espécies mais importantes para
Ricardo Dreilich Prestes, Vanessa Backes Nascimento Diel, Nilvane Teresinha Ghellar   +2 more
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