supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32030071 and U1402267);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(CCNU22LJ003).
Most animal-pollinated flowers offer nectar or pollen as a reward to their pollinators.A small fraction,however,have switched to other rewards,such as fatty oils offered in glandular hairs or just below the epidermis....
This research was supported by research funds from INECOL(20030/10563);a competitive grant(155686)from the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología(CONACyT)awarded to J.F.O.
Aims While the influence of mistletoe-host interactions on each other’s evolution is well-recognized,the role of interactions between mis-tletoes and its mutualistic pollinators and seed dispersers mediated by host s...
We thank Alyssa DeFranco,Rachel Nettles,Justin Taylor,Anson Call,Amy Clark and Tara Bishop for field assistance and Loreen Allphin for providing guidance.We express gratitude to the Lytle Preserve and the Bureau of Land Management for logistical support.This project was supported by the Redd Center for Western Studies fellowship.This project was funded by USDA NIFA grant:2010-38415-21908.Conflict of interest statement.None declared.
Aims Wildfire and ungulate herbivore pressure are increasing globally due to human activities,including arid ecosystems that are sensitive to disturbance,and are highly dependent on pollinator mutualisms.We evaluated ...
Current understanding of the nature and function of fungal associations in pteridophytes is surprisingly patchy given their key evolutionary position, current research foci on other early-branching plant clades, and m...
Mutualisms—relationships where by two organisms live in tandem with one another,each providing a service to the other—are among the most interesting and complex relationships in nature.These kinds of relationships a...
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31071929,30930016);the Knowledge Innovation Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(KSCX2-EW-N-05).
Although many studies have been carried out on plant-animal mutualistic assemblages,the roles of functional traits and taxonomy in determining both whether interactions involve mutualisms or predation and the struct...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (31270433,31170408);National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (31325005);NSFC-Yunnan United Fund (U1302267);the West Light Foundation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences;the Special Fund for the Excellent Youth of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (KSCX2-EW-Q-9)
Co-evolutionary theory assumes co-adapted characteristics are a positive response to counter those of another species,whereby co-evolved species reach an evolutionarily stable interaction through bilateral adaptation....