Frontiers in Plant Science,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
15
Опубликована: Ноя. 8, 2024
Flowering
plants
produce
pollinator
rewards
such
as
nectar
and
pollen,
whose
quantity
quality
usually
depend
on
the
whole-plant
state
under
specific
environmental
conditions.
Increasing
aridity
temperature
linked
to
climate
change
may
force
allocate
fewer
resources
these
traits,
potentially
disrupting
plant-pollinator
interactions.
In
this
study,
for
first
time,
both
quantitative
review
(vote-counting
procedure)
meta-analytic
approach
were
used
assess
implications
of
increased
temperatures
global
warming
floral
rewards,
including
(sugar
concentration,
content,
volume)
pollen
(germination
viability),
well
visits.
Furthermore,
we
explored
whether
observed
effects
are
related
either
range,
plant
type
(wild
vs
crop),
or
study
(greenhouse
field
experiments).
We
also
assessed
correlations
between
elevated
characteristics
that
affected
by
range.
The
results
vote-counting
technique
showed
higher
led
a
decrease
in
but
did
not
affect
number
Concurrently,
meta-analysis
detected
adverse
germination
viability.
Warming
depended
viability,
sugar
concentration
germination,
range
Additionally,
found
visits
significantly
decreased
increased.
Our
affects
wild
crop
plants,
providing
insights
into
changing
climatic
conditions
interactions
pollination
services.
Ecological Entomology,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Ноя. 20, 2024
Abstract
Different
animal
species
have
specific
nutrient
needs,
guiding
their
foraging
preferences
towards
particular
food
properties,
such
as
content
or
ratios,
and
thus
ecological
interactions.
Bumble
bees,
for
instance,
can
assess
pollen
fatty
acid
content,
impacting
choices
reproductive
success.
While
they
avoid
high
concentrations,
certain
acids
enhance
cognitive
abilities
potentially
benefit
bee
fitness.
However,
the
effects
of
on
bees
remain
unclear,
even
though
unsaturated
are
generally
considered
more
beneficial
than
saturated
ones.
To
investigate
this
further,
we
conducted
feeding
experiments
with
enriched
six
at
varying
concentrations
fed
to
bumble
bees.
Our
findings
reveal
that
mostly
preferred
pure
over
concentrations.
Additionally,
negatively
affected
reproduction,
while
lower
resembling
pollen,
had
no
effect.
Notably,
stearic
was
consistently
consumed
regardless
concentration
without
adverse
Conversely,
low
palmitic
boosted
survival
but
vanished
higher
Overall,
our
results
emphasise
importance
nutrition
fitness,
also
demonstrating
individual
differing
behaviour
health.
Pollen
composition
may
therefore
strongly
affect
bees'
hence
plant–bee
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
291(2033)
Опубликована: Окт. 1, 2024
Gardens
can
benefit
pollinators
living
in
surrounding
farmland
landscapes,
but
the
reason
for
their
value
is
not
clear.
are
no
different
from
many
semi-natural
habitats
terms
of
quantity
floral
resources
(pollen
and
nectar)
they
produce,
timing
resource
supply
very
different,
which
may
explain
value.
We
show
that
gardens
provide
15%
overall
annual
nectar
landscapes
Southwest
UK,
between
50%
95%
during
early
spring
late
summer
when
supplies
low.
therefore
reduce
seasonal
gaps
experienced
by
bumblebees.
Consistent
with
this
pattern,
bumblebee
activity
increased
relative
to
summer.
An
agent-based
model
reinforces
point,
showing
,
garden
enhances
colony
growth
survival
farmland.
over
90%
Great
Britain
within
1
km
a
positive
actions
gardeners
could
have
widespread
spillover
benefits
across
country.
Given
distribution
around
world,
we
highlight
important
interplay
pollinator
ecology
conservation.
Abstract
The
world
faces
a
trade‐off
between
water
availability
and
food
supply,
as
agricultural
irrigation
consumes
the
largest
freshwater
globally.
Inspired
by
inherent
transport
channels
in
plants,
cost‐effective
welding
pollen‐based
solar
evaporator
(PSE)
is
developed
to
obtain
clean
from
seawater
desalination.
Based
on
convex
folded
surface
structure
of
natural
pollen
(
Helianthus
annuus
)
porous
interconnection,
PSE
reveals
an
efficient
evaporation
rate
1.86
kg
m
−2
h
−1
under
one‐sun
illumination
further
exhibits
excellent
cycling
performance
for
10
cycles
tested
7.0
wt.%
saline
without
salt
accumulation.
In
addition,
has
superior
mechanical
stability
(3.44
MPa)
remains
stable
after
being
immersed
pH
1
14
solutions
24
sacrificing
properties.
Importantly,
work
demonstrated
success
collected
process,
which
can
effectively
facilitate
cultivation
lettuce,
rice,
wheat.
These
findings
highlight
practical
application
low‐cost,
eco‐friendly
resource
interfacial
evaporation.
Furthermore,
they
inspire
addressing
current
global
scarcity
promoting
sustainable
agriculture.
Frontiers in Plant Science,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
15
Опубликована: Ноя. 8, 2024
Flowering
plants
produce
pollinator
rewards
such
as
nectar
and
pollen,
whose
quantity
quality
usually
depend
on
the
whole-plant
state
under
specific
environmental
conditions.
Increasing
aridity
temperature
linked
to
climate
change
may
force
allocate
fewer
resources
these
traits,
potentially
disrupting
plant-pollinator
interactions.
In
this
study,
for
first
time,
both
quantitative
review
(vote-counting
procedure)
meta-analytic
approach
were
used
assess
implications
of
increased
temperatures
global
warming
floral
rewards,
including
(sugar
concentration,
content,
volume)
pollen
(germination
viability),
well
visits.
Furthermore,
we
explored
whether
observed
effects
are
related
either
range,
plant
type
(wild
vs
crop),
or
study
(greenhouse
field
experiments).
We
also
assessed
correlations
between
elevated
characteristics
that
affected
by
range.
The
results
vote-counting
technique
showed
higher
led
a
decrease
in
but
did
not
affect
number
Concurrently,
meta-analysis
detected
adverse
germination
viability.
Warming
depended
viability,
sugar
concentration
germination,
range
Additionally,
found
visits
significantly
decreased
increased.
Our
affects
wild
crop
plants,
providing
insights
into
changing
climatic
conditions
interactions
pollination
services.
