sPlat - Synthesis on Pollen Limitation and Terrestrial biodiversity

First meeting: 25.-29.01.2016

PIs:
Tiffany Knight
Tia-Lynn Ashman
Janette Steets

iDiv member:
Walter Durka

Project summary:
The majority of flowering plants rely on pollinators for their reproduction and human perturbations to the environment disrupt plant-pollinator interactions and lead to widespread pollen limitation of plant reproduction. Such effects are expected to be most pronounced in regions with high terrestrial plant biodiversity, where competition for pollinators is strongest. We will quantitatively synthesize hundreds of pollen supplementation experiments and provide a global assessment of how regional factors and human perturbations correlate with the magnitude of pollen limitation.

Participants:
Janette Steets; Jean Burns; Jing Xia; Junmin Li; Laura Burkle; Leandro Freitas; Marina Wolowski; Martin Burd; Tia-Lynn Ashman; Tiffany Knight; Walter Durka; Joanne Bennett; Gerardo Arceo Gomez; Allan Ellis; James Rodger

Meeting report


Writing retreat: 03.-09.10.2016 in Ohio, USA

Participants:
Tiffany Knight; Joanne Bennett; Tia-Lynn Ashman; Janette Steets; Jean Burns

Meeting report


Publications:

Knight T. M., Ashman T.‐L., Bennett J. M., Burns J. H., Passonneau S., Steets J. A. (2018) Reflections on, and visions for, the changing field of pollination ecology. Ecology Letters. See here.

Bennett J. M., Steets J. A., Burns J. H., Durka W., Vamosi J- C., Arceo-Gómez G., et al. (2018). GloPL: Global data base on pollen limitation of plant reproduction. Scientific Data. See here.

Arceo-Gómez G., Schroeder A., Albor C, Ashman T.‐L., Knight T. M., Bennett J. M., Suarez B., Parra-Tabla V. (2019) Global geographic patterns of heterospecific pollen receipt help uncover potential ecological and evolutionary impacts across plant communities worldwide. Scientific Reports. See here.

Bennett J. M., Burns J. H. et al. (2019) Plant traits moderate pollen limitation of introduced and native plants: a phylogenetic meta‐analysis of global scale. New Phytologist. See here.

Bennett, J. M. et al. (2020) Land use and pollinator dependency drives global patterns of pollen limitation in the Anthropocene. Nature Communications 11, 3999. See here.

Rodger, J. G. et al. (2021) Widespread vulnerability offlowering plant seed production topollinator declines. Science Advances. Vol 7, Issue 42. See here.

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