When all else fails for pollination, a yellow flower in the ginger family relies on a substance that botanists say they’ve never seen before: a do-it-yourself oil slick. Caulokaempferia coenobialis ...

• The relative frequencies of functional traits of plant species show notable spatial variation, which is often related to environmental factors. Pollination type (insect-, wind- or self-pollination) ...

Around this time every year, cranberry flowers blossom for a about four-week period during which pollination needs to occur. To make sure this happens, cranberry producers often rely on bringing in ...

Summary Understanding how pollination affects plant reproductive success and how changes in pollination service affect plant populations, communities and ecosystems is of increasing concern. Yet ...

Pollinators – such as bees, butterflies and birds – are essential for agricultural production. However, natural pollination can also fail or be insufficient, which can lead to lower yields and poorer ...