Exempel på pollinator

• Environmental conditions were observed to strongly influence the honey bee efficiency as pollinator and seed-set varied considerably from year to year.

• In contrast, few dioecious fig pollinators were caught and the turnover of species between years was substantial.

• These patterns are regarded as reflecting adaptations to minimize competition for pollinators.

• In these cases, the bees may be opportunistic visitors or facultative pollinators.

• Predators of vertebrates are absent and densities of pollinators and seed dispersers are substantially reduced in comparison to the nearby mainland.

• We compared the efficiency of foraging habit of one of the major pollinators in effecting pollination.

• There is no sign of nectar or any pollinator reward other than pollen in male flowers.

• Flowermorph-specific correlation suggests that natural selection by pollinators has moulded trait covariance among floral traits.

• Later in the life cycle, pollen is vectored by a new generation of pollinators reared in gall figs.

• Pollinator numbers were transformed to yield a count of individuals, per km of transect walked for each sampling occasion and year total.

• It deals with the major bee-pollinated crops of temperate regions, and gives correspondingly wide geographical coverage of the major bee species managed as pollinators.

• Two other factors contributing to the pollinating capacity of a pollinator species are flower fidelity and foraging activity thresholds.

• When receptive, the stigmas release a species-specific fragrance, and the bracts in the neck of the inflorescence loosen, allowing the pollinators to enter.

• Non-equivalent limiting factors may be biotic, such as pollinators and herbivores, or abiotic, such as available nutrients and water.

• Contradictions and inaccuracies abound, some insignificant, some important, some just irritating (pollenizer rather than pollinator).