ReviewAnnals of botany2024
Harvesting pollen with vibrations: towards an integrative understanding of the proximate and ultimate reasons for buzz pollination.
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- Bumblebee pollen collection is a costly affair.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2026Article
- Meristem size drives merism lability in the Hexandrum group, a highly variable lineage of Solanum (Solanaceae).Journal of plant research · 2026Article
- Functions of heteranthery and enantiostyly for wing pollination by pollen-collecting bees in Dilatris ixioides (Haemodoraceae).Annals of botany · 2026Article
- Fine-tuning the buzz: comparing visitation frequency and pollination effectiveness in plant-pollinator networks.The New phytologist · 2026Article
- Functional diversity of Brazilian bees: revealing the unique patterns of the Neotropics.Oecologia · 2025Article
- Increasing temperatures affect thoracic muscle performance in Arctic bumblebees.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Flight and Floral Acoustic Signals for Bee Species Identification.Neotropical entomology · 2025Article
- Bee Body Size and Foraging Behavior Predict the Pollination Role of Bees in a Buzz-Pollinated Plant Community.Ecology and evolution · 2025Article
- Vibration mechanics involved in buzz pollination lead to size-dependent associations between bumblebees and Pedicularis flowers.Science China. Life sciences · 2025Article
- A modified petal and stamen dimorphism interact to enhance pollen placement by a buzz-pollinated flower.Annals of botany · 2025Article
- Discrete element simulation of buzz pollination in tomato.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Methodologies and Considerations in Evaluating Heat Stress Response and Thermotolerance of Pollen Grains.Physiologia plantarumReview
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Abstract
Buzz pollination, a type of interaction in which bees use vibrations to extract pollen from certain kinds of flowers, captures a close relationship between thousands of bee and plant species. In the last 120 years, studies of buzz pollination have contributed to our understanding of the natural history of buzz pollination, and basic properties of the vibrations produced by bees and applied to flowers in model systems. Yet, much remains to be done to establish its adaptive significance and the ecological and evolutionary dynamics of buzz pollination across diverse plant and bee systems. Here, we review for bees and plants the proximate (mechanism and ontogeny) and ultimate (adaptive significance and evolution) explanations for buzz pollination, focusing especially on integrating across these levels to synthesize and identify prominent gaps in our knowledge. Throughout, we highlight new technical and modelling approaches and the importance of considering morphology, biomechanics and behaviour in shaping our understanding of the adaptive significance of buzz pollination. We end by discussing the ecological context of buzz pollination and how a multilevel perspective can contribute to explain the proximate and evolutionary reasons for this ancient bee-plant interaction.
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