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No evidence for missed mutualists in an invasive plant with the buzz pollination syndrome
Ecosphere, Volume 17, Issue 4, April 2026.Abstract The missed mutualist hypothesis predicts that the absence of mutualistic partners poses a barrier to introduced species becoming invasive. Yet, some alien plants thrive despite potential dependence on certain pollinators. For example, buzz‐pollinated plants typically have specialist floral morphologies and benefit from buzz pollinator behavior
Laura C. Lopresti +4 more
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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 +4 more
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, 2017 Heterostyly is a floral polymorphism that increases pollination efficiency by promoting cross-pollination and reducing pollen wastage. Efficiency in pollination has been related to plant investment in gamete production and to the pollen to ovule ratio (P/
L. Navarro (3347591) +2 more
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American Journal of Botany, Volume 113, Issue 1, January 2026.Abstract Premise Evolutionary theory predicts polymorphism should be rare; however, intraspecific variation in floral color is common and can be attributed to genetic drift, plasticity, or variable selection. Examining floral color polymorphism both within contact zones and across a species' range can reveal the mechanisms maintaining this variation ...
Emma Fetterly +6 more
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Journal of Ecology, Volume 114, Issue 1, January 2026.A large‐scale citizen science study involving thousands of cowslip (Primula veris) observations from all over Europe revealed an unexpected prevalence of S‐morphs over L‐morphs, which was influenced by climatic as well as land use factors. Furthermore, general morph ratios were often unbalanced with the strongest shifts occurring in smaller populations.
Tsipe Aavik +40 more
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Disentangling the role of herkogamy, dichogamy and pollinators in plant reproductive assurance [PDF]
, 2018 Autonomous selfing can be favoured by reduced floral herkogamy, dichogamy and pollinator visitation. Autonomous selfing diminishes as pollinator abundance increases; however, the ways pollinators contribute to such result have not been tested ...
Roldán, Joanna Soledad +1 more
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PROGRAM FOR FINDING OUT NUMBER OF SMARANDACHE DISTINCT RECIPROCAL PARTITION OF UNITY OF A GIVEN LENGTH [PDF]
, 1997 Smarandache Distinct Reciprocal partition of unity for a given length 'n' is defined as the number of ways in which unity can be expressed as the sum of the reciprocals of 'n' distinct numbers.
Murthy, A.
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The island syndrome in plants on New Zealand's outlying islands: a review
New Zealand Journal of Botany, Volume 63, Issue 5, Page 2300-2324, December 2025.ABSTRACT The island syndrome is defined as a suite of predictable and consistent differences between island and mainland organisms. In seed plants, much of what we know about the island syndrome comes from work in the Southwest Pacific, which is comprised of the three main islands of New Zealand and ten surrounding archipelagos.
Riccardo Ciarle, Kevin C. Burns
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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 +3 more
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, 2013 Self-interference is one of the most important selective forces in shaping floral evolution. Herkogamy and dichogamy both can achieve reductions in the extent of self-interference, but they may have different roles in minimizing self-interference in a ...
Zou, Yuan +5 more
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