Ecology: Pollinator–Plant Synchrony Tested by Climate Change

Flowering plants could lose their pollination service if climate warming potentially uncouples timing of flowering from pollinator availability. Recent evidence might suggest this effect may be less than feared.

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Published inCurrent biology Vol. 22; no. 4; pp. R131 - R132
Main Author Willmer, Pat
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Elsevier Inc 21.02.2012
Subjects
Animals
ecology
flowering
Flowers - growth & development
Flowers - physiology
Global Warming
Insecta - physiology
Magnoliophyta
Magnoliopsida - growth & development
Plant Physiological Phenomena
Pollination
Reproduction
Seasons
Time Factors
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Summary:Flowering plants could lose their pollination service if climate warming potentially uncouples timing of flowering from pollinator availability. Recent evidence might suggest this effect may be less than feared.
Bibliography:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2012.01.009
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ISSN:0960-9822
1879-0445
DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2012.01.009