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Pollination by hoverflies in the Anthropocene [PDF]

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2020
Pollinator declines, changes in land use and climate-induced shifts in phenology have the potential to seriously affect ecosystem function and food security by disrupting pollination services provided by insects. Much of the current research focuses on bees, or groups other insects together as ‘non-bee pollinators’, obscuring the relative contribution ...
Toby Doyle, Will L. S. Hawkes, Richard Massy, Gary D. Powney, Myles H. M. Menz, Karl R. Wotton   +5 more
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Social Learning in Bumblebees (Bombus impatiens): Worker Bumblebees Learn to Manipulate and Forage at Artificial Flowers by Observation and Communication within the Colony

Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 2013
Social learning occurs when one individual learns from another, mainly conspecific, often by observation, imitation, or communication. Using artificial flowers, we studied social learning by allowing test bumblebees to (a) see dead bumblebees arranged in
Hamida B. Mirwan, Peter G. Kevan
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High cross-pollination rate of Greek oregano (O. vulgare ssp. hirtum) with Common oregano (O. vulgare ssp. vulgare) under open field conditions as revealed by microsatellite marker analysis

Biotechnology & Biotechnological Equipment, 2023
We studied the mode of pollination in Greek oregano (Origanum vulgare ssp. hirtum) under both controlled and open pollination conditions. When grown indoors without the presence of insects, Greek oregano plants did not develop any seeds, indicating a low
Marina Evgenieva Alekseeva, Mila Gradeva Rusanova, Liliya Nikolova Georgieva, Krasimir Emilov Rusanov, Ivan Iliev Atanassov   +4 more
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Effects of fire on pollinators and pollination [PDF]

Journal of Applied Ecology, 2016
Summary Increased incidence of landscape fire and pollinator declines with co‐extinctions of dependent plant species are both globally significant. Fire can alter species distributions, but its effects on plant–pollinator interactions are poorly understood so its present and future role in coupled plant–pollinator declines cannot be assessed.
Julian Brown, Alan York, Fiona Christie, Michael McCarthy   +3 more
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Influence of pollination mechanisms on the physical-chemical quality of strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa) cv. San Andreas [PDF]

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
The objective of this study was to evaluate the physical-chemical quality parameters of strawberry fruits, cultivar San Andreas, depending on different pollination mechanisms.
PRISCILA S. MIRANDA, ZILDA CRISTINA M. LIMA, RAQUEL PÉREZ-MALUF, ELISMAR P. DE OLIVEIRA, PAULO HENRIQUE M. MONROE, ALDENISE A. MOREIRA   +5 more
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Pollination of Nypa fruticans (Wurmb.) in a South Florida botanic garden

Journal of Pollination Ecology, 2021
When plants are removed from their native habitat, reproduction can be compromised if pollinators are absent, especially when plant-pollinator interactions are species-specific and the plant is self-incompatible.
Imena Valdes, Joanna M Tucker Lima, Larry R Noblick   +2 more
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Floral Biology and pollination requirements of sesame (Sesamum indicum L.)

Acta Scientiarum: Animal Sciences, 2014
This study aimed to investigate the floral biology and pollination requirements of sesame (Sesamum indicum L.), cultivar CNPA G2. The study was carried out at Barbalha, State of Ceará, and consisted of two phases: floral biology and pollination ...
Patrícia Barreto de Andrade, Breno Magalhães Freitas, Epifânica Emanuela de Macêdo Rocha, José Antônio de Lima, Leonardo Lopes Rufino   +4 more
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Autonomous Drone-Based Pollination System Using AI Classifier to Replace Bees for Greenhouse Tomato Cultivation

IEEE Access, 2023
In greenhouse tomato cultivation, three primary methods of flower pollination exist: insect pollination, physical pollination by vibrating flowers, and artificial pollination using hormone-based chemicals. Insect pollination, the natural method, involves
Takefumi Hiraguri, Hiroyuki Shimizu, Tomotaka Kimura, Takahiro Matsuda, Kazuki Maruta, Yoshihiro Takemura, Takeshi Ohya, Takuma Takanashi   +7 more
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Hairiness: the missing link between pollinators and pollination [PDF]

PeerJ, 2016
BackgroundFunctional traits are the primary biotic component driving organism influence on ecosystem functions; in consequence, traits are widely used in ecological research. However, most animal trait-based studies use easy-to-measure characteristics of species that are at best only weakly associated with functions.
Stavert, Jamie R, Liñán-Cembrano, Gustavo, Beggs, Jacqueline R, Howlett, Brad G, Pattemore, David E, Bartomeus, Ignasi   +5 more
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Beyond data labor: sowing synthesis science in the Global South

Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation, 2023
Synthesis science is an emergent research field for harmonizing different data, concepts, and theories to create new insights and endorse novel approaches. Here we provide a brief general overview of synthesis science, emphasize the geographically biased
André L. Luza, André L. Giles, Pedro J. Bergamo, Grasiela Casas, Alice R. de Moraes, Marina M. Monteiro, Herval V. Pinto-Junior, Kátia F. Rito, Ana C. Rorato, Lis F. Stegmann, Gisele R. Winck, Marisa Mamede   +11 more
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