Article
Plant Sciences
Maria Mercedes Aleman, Patricia Hoc, Angela Virginia Etcheverry, Pablo Ortega-Baes, Silvia Suhring, Diego Lopez-Spahr
Summary: The study analyzed floral traits of 17 species of Papilionoideae with keel flowers, and found that species with the same pollination mechanism share similar floral traits, with quantitative traits being the most relevant.
PLANT SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION
(2022)
Review
Plant Sciences
Carla J. Essenberg
Summary: This review discusses the diversity of ways in which floral signals can be linked with floral rewards within plant species, along with the constraints and selective pressures on these relationships. It also explores how information about floral rewards can influence pollinator behavior and potentially impact plant fitness. Opportunities abound for further research to address the considerable gaps in knowledge regarding the evolution of floral signal-reward relationships.
Article
Ecology
Jeremy Hemberger, Claudio Gratton
Summary: Agricultural intensification and habitat loss have negatively impacted the availability of floral resources, leading to a decrease in pollination services provided by wild insects. There is a spatial mismatch between the supply and demand of pollinators in Wisconsin, with inadequate floral resource conditions being the main cause.
Article
Ecology
Maxime Rague, Vincent Bretagnolle, Olivier Martin, Thomas Perrot, Jean-Luc Gautier, Florence Carpentier, Sabrina Gaba
Summary: This study examines the relationship between the quantity of floral resources and pollination efficiency in oilseed rape fields at both field and landscape scales. The availability of floral resources drives insect-pollination through attraction, spillover, and complementarities between habitats. A combination of different habitats that provide continuous floral resources can maximize pollination efficiency.
Article
Plant Sciences
Yue Ma, Spencer C. H. Barrett, Fang-Yuan Wang, Jun-Chen Deng, Wei-Ning Bai
Summary: The study revealed that perennial populations of Incarvillea sinensis in China tend to outcross more than annual populations, and this difference is maintained even in sympatric sites. Genetic differences in herkogamy between annuals and perennials play a key role in governing outcrossing rates, regardless of local ecological conditions. The maintenance of mating system and life history trait differentiation between the two populations likely results from correlated evolution in response to local environmental conditions.
Article
Ecology
Kunio Takatsu, Coralie Delarue, Naomi Heller, Gregoire Saboret, Jakob Brodersen
Summary: Arctic charr has been widely studied for its diversity in feeding ecology, habitat use, and life history forms. However, little is known about its early life traits. This study examined egg size variation in Greenlandic Arctic charr and found that it is influenced by female body length. Additionally, the within-clutch variation was higher in the anadromous life history form compared to the resident form.
ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY OF FISHES
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Yang Huang, Lan-Ying Liu, Chang-Qiu Liu, Qing-Biao Lu, Qiang-Bang Gong, Bo Cai, Xing-Hua Hu
Summary: C. asiaticum var. sinicum shows a greater potential for dispersal through sexual reproduction, but lacks autonomous selfing ability. Its strong floral syndrome indicates a close relationship with long-proboscid hawkmoths, while also attracting a variety of hawkmoths and swallowtail butterflies with different tongue lengths.
PLANT SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION
(2021)
Review
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Anja Loncar, Daniel Escalera-Lopez, Serhiy Cherevko, Nejc Hodnik
Summary: This Minireview gathers the state-of-the-art understanding of the dissolution of different iridium catalysts and its relationship with their structure, and correlates it to the different mechanisms of the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). It is of great importance for the scale-up of green hydrogen production.
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
(2022)
Review
Plant Sciences
Ling Zhang, Qia-Fan Su, Liang-Sheng Wang, Meng-Wen Lv, Yi-Xuan Hou, Shan-Shan Li
Summary: Terpenoids, including linalool, play important roles in plant communication with pollinators, herbivores, and pathogens. This review summarizes the biosynthesis and transcriptional regulation of terpenoids, with a focus on the biological functions of linalool in plant-insect interactions. It is found that linalool enantiomers have distinct attractant and repellent functions, providing insights into plant survival strategies.
JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Martina Carrete, Fernando Hiraldo, Pedro Romero-Vidal, Guillermo Blanco, Dailos Hernandez-Brito, Esther Sebastian-Gonzalez, Jose A. Diaz-Luque, Jose L. Tella
Summary: This study evaluated global interactions between parrots and palms using a combination of fieldwork, literature, and citizen science data. The results showed that parasitic and mutualistic interactions coexist, with seed dispersal being a major mutualistic interaction type. Further research is needed due to variations between palm species and regions.
FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Tial C. Ling, Patcharin Phokasem, Chainarong Sinpoo, Yong-Ping Yang, Terd Disayathanoowat
Summary: The study found that microhabitat and pollinator isolation are the most important isolating barriers in maintaining the coexistence of the two Salvia species, while post-pollination barriers play an important role in preventing gene flow between these two Salvia species.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Morgan Glofcheskie, Tristan Long, Anna Ho, Mihai Costea
Summary: This study analyzed the inflorescence architecture of 132 Cuscuta species and identified three different types of inflorescences. The results showed that the inflorescence architecture is related to sexual reproduction, fruit characteristics, and seed dispersal in Cuscuta.
Article
Plant Sciences
Yan Ke, Feng-Ping Zhang, Yun-Bing Zhang, Wei Li, Qin Wang, Da Yang, Jiao-Lin Zhang, Kun-Fang Cao
Summary: The coordination between floral hydraulic traits and economic traits is independent of environmental conditions. Flowers of aquatic and terrestrial plants follow the same economics spectrum pattern.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Abuzer Celekli, Omer Lekesiz
Summary: Hydrological periods can affect the water quality of lentic ecosystems, and this study evaluates the ecological status of lentic ecosystems in the western Mediterranean basin during rainy and dry periods using various diatom metrics. The results show that different ecological regional diatom indices have different applicability in assessing the ecological conditions of these ecosystems.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Abuzer Celekli, Omer Lekesiz
Summary: Hydrological periods can impact the water quality of lentic ecosystems, leading to changes in the diatom species composition and ecological condition. Evaluating different diatom metrics can help identify the best indicators for assessing the ecological status of these ecosystems during different hydrological periods.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
