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Insect visits and hand-tripping significantly increased the number of pods over that from unvisited flowers. The results indicated that if sufficient ...

The duration of the flowering period and the fraction of open flowers over time were defined as functions of growing degree-days for 5 almond cultivar...

The concept of ecological interaction networks has been widely used in fundamental ecology in the last two decades and has progressively infused in a ...

The composition of agro-ecological landscapes is thought to have important implications for the production of major crops through its effects on polli...

Little is known about the pollinators of rare plants, which is cause for concern given that pollination is essential for the long-term survival of mos...

Urban expansion is an increasing threat to biodiversity, especially in tropical Africa where biodiversity hot spots are being encroached upon by fast-...

Bumblebees are important pollinators for a wide range of crops and wild plants. Performance of their colonies depends on pollen and nectar as food res...

Habitat loss, agricultural intensification, pesticide use, disease and climate change have contributed to the decline of numerous insect groups. Recen...

Bees are a functionally important and economically valuable group, but are threatened by land-use conversion and intensification. Such pressures are n...

Enhancing key floral resources is essential to effectively mitigate the loss of pollinator diversity and associated provisioning of pollination functi...