1. Widespread vulnerability of flowering plant seed production to pollinator declines.
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Rodger, James G., Bennett, Joanne M., Razanajatovo, Mialy, Knight, Tiffany M., van Kleunen, Mark, Ashman, Tia-Lynn, Steets, Janette A., Cang Hui, Arceo-Gómez, Gerardo, Burd, Martin, Burkle, Laura A., Burns, Jean H., Durka, Walter, Freitas, Leandro, Kemp, Jurene E., Junmin Li, Pauw, Anton, Vamosi, Jana C., Wolowski, Marina, and Jing Xia
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FLOWERING of plants , *POLLINATORS , *POLLINATION , *ANGIOSPERMS , *FLOWER seeds , *PHANEROGAMS , *SEED industry - Abstract
The article presents a study which compared fertility in the presence versus the absence of pollinators for a global dataset of 1174 plant species by quantifying pollinator contribution to seed production. Topics discussed include estimated percentage of flowering plant species that would produce no seeds without pollinators, plants where pollinator contribution to plant reproduction is higher, and the potential of pollinator declines to reduce reproduction for most plant species.
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- 2021
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