scholarly journals Pollination systems involving floral mimicry of fruit: aspects of their ecology and evolution

2017 ◽  
Vol 217 (1) ◽  
pp. 74-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine R. Goodrich ◽  
Andreas Jürgens
Keyword(s):  
Floral Mimicry ◽  
Pollination Systems

Sexual deception of a beetle pollinator through floral mimicry

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Callan Cohen ◽  
William R. Liltved ◽  
Jonathan F. Colville ◽  
Adam Shuttleworth ◽  
Jerrit Weissflog ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Deception ◽  
Floral Mimicry

Temporal organization among pollination systems in a tropical seasonal forest

2021 ◽  
Vol 108 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Julieta Genini ◽  
Paulo R. Guimarães ◽  
Marlies Sazima ◽  
Ivan Sazima ◽  
Leonor Patrícia Cerdeira Morellato
Keyword(s):  
Temporal Organization ◽  
Tropical Seasonal Forest ◽  
Pollination Systems

scholarly journals Selective attraction in bird-pollinated flowers. A commentary on: ‘Red flowers differ in shades between pollination systems and across continents’

2020 ◽  
Vol 126 (5) ◽  
pp. iv-v
Author(s):  
Klaus Lunau ◽  
Sarah Gerten
Keyword(s):  
Pollination Systems

This article comments on: Zhe Chen, Yang Niu, Chang-Qiu Liu and Hang Sun, Red flowers differ in shades between pollination systems and across continents, Annals of Botany, Volume 126, Issue 5, 9 October 2020, Pages 837–848, https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcaa103

Exotic insect pollinators and native pollination systems

Plant Ecology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott Debnam ◽  
Agustin Saez ◽  
Marcelo A. Aizen ◽  
Ragan M. Callaway
Keyword(s):  
Insect Pollinators ◽  
Pollination Systems

scholarly journals Pollination Efficiency and the Evolution of Specialized Deceptive Pollination Systems

2010 ◽  
Vol 175 (1) ◽  
pp. 98-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanni Scopece ◽  
Salvatore Cozzolino ◽  
Steven D. Johnson ◽  
Florian P. Schiestl
Keyword(s):  
Pollination Efficiency ◽  
Deceptive Pollination ◽  
Pollination Systems

scholarly journals Precision management of pollination services to blueberry crops

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Cavigliasso ◽  
P. Negri ◽  
M. Viel ◽  
M. M. Graziani ◽  
C. Challiol ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Key Management ◽  
Fruit Production ◽  
Fruit Weight ◽  
Strength Distribution ◽  
Pollination Services ◽  
Precision Management ◽  
Fruit Productivity ◽  
Account Due ◽  
Pollination Systems ◽  
Large Groups

AbstractWhile the cultivated area of pollinator-dependent crops is increasing, pollinator availability is decreasing, leading to problems in many agroecosystems. For this reason, pollinator-dependent crop growers often rent beehives to support their pollination requirements to sustain fruit productivity. However, the efficiency of those pollination systems has not been extensively studied. Here, we compared the effect of “precision” pollination (i.e., application of pesticides coordinated with growers, audit of hives, dietary supplementation and individual distribution of hives) with conventional practices (i.e., pesticides applications without coordination with growers and no audit of hives, low maintenance of hives and hives distributed in large groups) on the mean level of pollination and fruit production and quality in blueberry crops. In nine blueberry fields, we measured bee visitation rate to flowers, fruit set, fruit firmness and fruit weight. On average, precision-pollinated plots had 70% more bee visits to flowers and produced 13% more fruits that were 12% heavier and 12% firmer than those obtained through conventional practices. These results showed that pollination efficiency could be improved if key management related to bee strength, distribution and health care are taken into account. Due to these results, we encourage growers and beekeepers to include precision pollination practices to both increase the productivity of blueberry fields and the wellbeing of honey bees within agroecosystems.

scholarly journals Bumblebee Preadators Reduce Pollinator Density and Plant Fitness

2004 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 94-97
Author(s):  
Reuven Dukas
Keyword(s):  
Food Reward ◽  
Fruit Set ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Pollination Biology ◽  
Food Sources ◽  
Plant Fitness ◽  
Predatory Activity ◽  
Selective Agents ◽  
Flower Visiting ◽  
Pollination Systems

Research in pollination biology has focused on the interactions between animals and the flowers they visit for food reward. However, other selective agents, including predators, seed feeders and herbivores, may affect pollination systems. Because flowers are predictable food sources for a variety of species, flowers are also reliable sites at which predators can locate flower-visiting animals. Prominent among pollinators' predators are beewolves (Philanthus spp), common sphecid wasps (Sphecidae) that prey almost exclusively on bees. My field work over three years indicates, first, that an area of approximately 50 square km surrounding a single bumblebee wolf (Philanthus bicinctus) aggregation had a low bumblebee (Bombus spp) density caused by intense predation by the wasps, and, second, that fruit set of the bumblebee pollinated western monkshood (Aconitum columbianum) was significantly lower at locations and times of bumblebee wolf activity than at control locations and times with no such predatory activity. These results indicate that predation can sometimes alter plant­pollinator interactions.

scholarly journals Experimental and phylogenetic evidence for floral mimicry in a guild of fly-pollinated plants

2003 ◽  
Vol 80 (2) ◽  
pp. 289-304 ◽  
Author(s):  
STEVEN D. JOHNSON ◽  
RONNY ALEXANDERSSON ◽  
H. PETER LINDER
Keyword(s):  
Floral Mimicry

scholarly journals Chemical and morphological filters in a specialized floral mimicry system

2015 ◽  
Vol 207 (1) ◽  
pp. 225-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Florent Martos ◽  
Marie-Louise Cariou ◽  
Thierry Pailler ◽  
Jacques Fournel ◽  
Benny Bytebier ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Morphological Filters ◽  
Floral Mimicry
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