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The Pollination of the Primrose [PDF]

open access: yesNature, 1909
REFERRING to a question raised in NATURE of May 20 (P. 345), the writer of the article “Recent Studies on Animal and Plant Life” may accept it as a fact that the primrose flowers are visited both by humble-bees and by moths, among which may be particularly named the humming-bird and bee hawk-moths.
openaire   +2 more sources

Honey Bee Breeding and Breed: Advancements, Challenges, and Prospects

open access: yesAnimal Research and One Health, EarlyView.
Our work clarifies concepts related to honey bee classification, reviews traditional and modern breeding techniques, explores advancements in molecular breeding, prospects gene‐editing tools, and advocates for integrated breeding strategies to ensure the long‐term sustainability and vitality of honey bee populations amid declining managed populations ...
Zheguang Lin   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Pollination of Toadflax [PDF]

open access: yesNature, 1916
Linaria spuria, Miller, is a not uncommon weed of cornfields on calcareous soils in the Midlands and south of England, in western, central, and southern Europe, in, northern Africa, and in western Asia, and it occurs adventitiously in North America. I have never observed insects pollinating the flower.
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Biodiversity Credits: An Overview of the Current State, Future Opportunities, and Potential Pitfalls

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biodiversity credits are an emerging vehicle for pro‐environmental financing, yet much uncertainty remains around how and when they could boost biodiversity conservation. Here we define what biodiversity credits are and explore impact pathways through a proposed theory of change. Based on evidence from 34 pilot projects and a review of lessons
Sven Wunder   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Flower visits and pollinator pollen load networks reveal the effects of pollinator sharing on heterospecific pollen transfer in a subalpine plant community

open access: yesEcology and Evolution
The mutualistic network of plant–pollinator also involves interspecific pollination caused by pollinator sharing. Plant–pollinator networks are commonly based on flower visit observations, which may not adequately represent the actual pollen transfer ...
Qiang Fang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Biodiversity Reporting and Climate Policy Uncertainty

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biodiversity plays a crucial role in green and sustainable business; however, it has received less attention than climate change. In recent times, there has been a call for greater biodiversity reporting. However, there are contrasting views on the benefits of firms' biodiversity reporting.
Sirimon Treepongkaruna   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Deconstructing Menvertising Stereotypes: A Systematic Review, Research Agenda and Practical Implications

open access: yesJournal of Consumer Behaviour, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Since the #MeToo movement of 2017, consumers have been looking for more diversity and inclusion in their world. As a result, advertisers are implementing strategies such as femvertising and even menvertising to win over this more inclusion‐oriented audience. A large number of studies have focused on women, particularly representations of women
Léa Fauvel   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Addition of nocturnal pollinators modifies the structure of pollination networks

open access: yesScientific Reports
AbstractAlthough the ecological network approach has substantially contributed to the study of plant-pollinator interactions, current understanding of their functional structure is biased towards diurnal pollinators. Nocturnal pollinators have been systematically ignored despite the publication of several studies that have tried to alleviate this ...
Yedra García   +6 more
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