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El género Gomphocarpus (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae) en la Argentina

Bonplandia, 2021
Se reporta la presencia de dos especies del género Gomphocarpus (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae) que crecen espontáneamente en la Argentina: G. fruticosus (escapada de cultivo) y G. physocarpus (naturalizada).
Héctor A. Keller, Gustavo Delucchi, Agustín M. Agnolin, Federico L. Agnolin, Julio A. Hurrell   +4 more
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Coinvasional disruptions to island pollinator networks

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Biological invasions can adversely affect pollinator diversity by threatening the maintenance of animal‐pollinated plant communities. Although most studies have examined single invasive species, accelerating species introductions driven by global trade highlight the need to understand how multiple co‐occurring invaders jointly influence ...
Marta Quitián, Isaac Planas‐Sitjà, Maki Morooka, Anna Traveset, Simon M. Tierney, Adam L. Cronin   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pollinator efficiency, rather than bee decline, explains a shift to hummingbird pollination in tropical montane forests

New Phytologist, EarlyView.
Hummingbird pollination is a hallmark of American plant diversity and has long been thought to evolve in tropical mountains due to declining bee activity. Using sister species of Costus specialized on bees (C. kuntzei) and hummingbirds (C. wilsonii), we show that this shift is not driven by reduced bee visitation with elevation, but by greater ...
Pedro Juárez, Kathryn Gerhardt, Eden Hughes, Cecilia Girvin, Anise Dellith‐Moser, Dennis Tenorio, Annya Livak, Kathleen M. Kay   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Foraging plasticity and physiological adaptations enable hummingbirds to subsist on dilute nectars

Functional Ecology, Volume 40, Issue 5, Page 1475-1490, May 2026.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Hummingbirds frequently feed on small volumes (<30 μL) of sucrose‐rich nectars. Climate change is expected to affect both the abundance and the concentrations of accumulated nectar.
Rosalee L. Elting, Anusha Shankar, Catherine H. Graham, Holger Beck, Alejandro Rico‐Guevara, Donald R. Powers   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Differential effects of agricultural expansion on wild bee taxonomic and functional diversity

Functional Ecology, Volume 40, Issue 4, Page 878-892, April 2026.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Pollinators, especially bees, are in global decline, threatening biodiversity and food security. While intensive agriculture is a primary driver, its impact on bee functional diversity—particularly in the diverse Mediterranean region—remains understudied.
Manuel López‐Aliste, Camila B. García, Pablo Díaz‐Siefer, Fernanda Montero‐Silva, Angela M. Vargas‐Daza, Juan F. Betancurt‐Grisales, Michael P. D. Garratt, Luis F. Flores‐Prado, Juan L. Celis‐Diez, Francisco E. Fontúrbel   +9 more
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Community‐level effects of Müllerian mimicry on pollinator diversity and functioning

Functional Ecology, Volume 40, Issue 3, Page 599-610, March 2026.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Müllerian mimicry, a mutualistic interaction in which harmful species evolve similar warning signals, is often accompanied by niche divergence among mimetic species. While these aspects have traditionally been studied in an evolutionary context, their community‐level ...
Paola Laiolo, José Ramón Obeso
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding Pollination in Urban Food Production: The Importance of Data Validation and Participant Feedback for Citizen Science Project Design

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 8, Issue 1, Page 157-175, January 2026.
Urban agriculture depends on insect pollination, but knowledge gaps persist due to difficulties accessing diverse growing spaces. We developed a citizen science approach for monitoring insect visits to crops and compared grower‐collected data to that of a trained researcher while also gathering participant feedback.
Elizabeth Nicholls, Leah Salm, Maria Clara Castellanos, Parthiba Basu, Soumik Chaterjee, Adrian Ely, Helena Howe, Dave Goulson   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The birds and the trees: Avian ecosystem (dis)service perspectives and farmers' willingness to plant native trees in the agricultural landscape of the Galapagos Islands

People and Nature, Volume 7, Issue 12, Page 3182-3206, December 2025.
Abstract Agricultural landscapes hold great potential for biodiversity conservation; however, this will require finding solutions that work for both people and nature. Increasingly, the conservation community is calling for more cross‐disciplinary research integrating ecological questions with social and behavioural sciences for a more complete and ...
Ilke Geladi, Jiaying Zhao, Birgit Fessl, Sandra Garcia, Claire Kremen   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Influence of sex‐organ positions on pollen transfer and self‐interference in plants with stylar polymorphisms: An experimental approach using three‐dimensional printed flowers

Functional Ecology, Volume 39, Issue 9, Page 2526-2538, September 2025.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Heterostylous plants are defined by the reciprocal positioning of stigmas and anthers in floral morphs—a trait proposed by Darwin to enhance the efficiency of disassortative (intermorph) pollen transfer.
Victoria Ferrero, Luis Navarro, James D. Thomson, Spencer C. H. Barrett   +3 more
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Entomofauna asociada a la polinización del cultivo de cacao nativo, San Ignacio Moxos, Beni, Bolivia

Revista de Investigación e Innovación Agropecuaria y de Recursos Naturales
El cacao Teobroma cacao L., utilizado principalmente para la obtención del chocolate, es un cultivo perenne que se caracteriza por ser una planta que crece bajo sombra, originario de Sud América (Bolivia, Perú y Ecuador), siendo nuestro país, parte de la
Ángel Fernando Copa Bazán, Betty Flores Llampa   +1 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source