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Operationalizing urban resilience through a framework for adaptive co-management and design: five experiments in urban planning practice and policy
(2016)The emergent discourse on social-ecological resilience can be understood as a response to the rapid pace of change and severe challenges facing urban areas. This paper reports on one strand of research being carried out ... -
Organic dairy farming: impacts on insect-flower interaction networks and pollination
(2011)1. Pollination interactions comprise a network of connections between ?owers and insect visitors. They are crucial for reproductive success in many angiosperms but are threatened by intensive agricultural practices. ... -
Organic farming and landscape structure: Effects on insect-pollinated plant diversity in intensively managed grasslands
(2012)12 Hide Figures Abstract Introduction Methods Results Discussion Supporting Information Acknowledgments Author Contributions References Reader Comments (0) ... -
Origin of year-long bean (Phaseolus dumosus Macfady, Fabaceae) from reticulated hybridization events between multiple Phaseolus species
(2016)Background and Aims Improved understanding of the secondary gene pools of crops is essential for advancing genetic gain in breeding programmes. Common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris, is a staple crop with several wild relatives ... -
Papaveraceae
(Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 2011)The Internet-accessible account of Papaveraceae for the Flora of Nepal includes all native and fully naturalized species, detailed taxonomic information and distribution maps, and brief references to agricultural and ... -
Phylogenetic classification of the world's tropical forests
(2018)Identifying and explaining regional differences in tropical forest dynamics, structure, diversity, and composition are critical for anticipating region-specific responses to global environmental change. Floristic classifications ... -
Plant protection product residues in plant pollen and nectar: a review of current knowledge
(2020)Exposure to Plant Protection Products, PPPs, (fungicides, herbicides and insecticides) is a significant stressor for bees and other pollinators, and has recently been the focus of intensive debate and research. Specifically, ... -
Plant responses to decadal scale increments in atmospheric CO2 concentration: comparing two stomatal conductance sampling methods
(Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2020)Our study demonstrated that the species respond non-linearly to increases in CO2 concentration when exposed to decadal changes in CO2, representing the year 1987, 2025, 2051, and 2070, respectively. There are several lines ... -
Plastid genome sequencing reveals biogeographical structure and extensive population genetic variation in wild populations of Phalaris arundinacea L. in north-western Europe.
(2017)New and comprehensive collections of the perennial rhizomatous reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea) were made in NW Europe along north-to-south and east-to-west clines from Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Poland, Sweden and ... -
Pollination ecology and seed production of Rhododendron ponticum in native and exotic habitats
(Springer, 2006)Alien plants may be reproductively limited in exotic habitats because of a lack of mutualistic pollinators. However, if plants are adequately served by generalist pollinators, successful reproduction, naturalisation and ... -
Pollination ecology in the 21st century: Key Questions for future research
(2011)To inspire new ideas in research on pollination ecology, we list the most important unanswered questions in the field. This list was drawn up by contacting 170 scientists from different areas of pollination ecology and ... -
Pollination of invasive Rhododendron ponticum (Ericaceae) in Ireland
(EDP Sciences, 2007)Several insect species visited exotic Rhododendron ponticum flowers, but bumblebees were most common. Only bumblebees (and one Vespula) contacted the flower stigma whilst foraging and are probably the main pollinators. ... -
Pollinator selection against toxic nectar as a key facilitator of a plant invasion
(2022)Plant compounds associated with herbivore defence occur widely in floral nectar and can impact pollinator health. We showed previously that Rhododendron ponticum nectar contains grayanotoxin I (GTX I) at concentrations ... -
Ponding of random plastic filter medium due to the fungus Subbaromyces splendens Hesseltine in the treatment of sewage
(1983)Fungi are a common component of the film in the upper regions of percolating filters and are associated with strong sewages and industrial wastewaters. Subbaromyces splendens Hesseltine is reported as growing extensively ... -
The potential for indirect effects between co-flowering plants via shared pollinators depends on resource abundance, accessibility and relatedness
(2014)Co-flowering plant species commonly share flower visitors, and thus have the potential to influence each other's pollination. In this study we analysed 750 quantitative plant–pollinator networks from 28 studies representing ...