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Specialized Pollination

Specialized Pollination is a type of pollination system in which a plant species relies on a narrow subset of pollinator species, often a single species or a closely related group, distinguished by precise morphological, behavioral, or temporal adaptations that restrict effective pollen transfer to only a few specific animal partners.

127

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8.4K

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348

Authors

223

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2017–2026

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Publications

127

Generalization versus specialization in plant pollination systems

Steven D. Johnson, Steven D. Johnson · Trends in Ecology & Evolution · 2000 · 892 citations

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Multiple meanings and modes: on the many ways to be a generalist flower

Jeff Ollerton, Ant Killick, Ellen Lamborn et al. · Taxon · 2007 · 299 citations

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Covariance and decoupling of floral and vegetative traits in nine Neotropical plants: a re‐evaluation of Berg's correlation‐pleiades concept

W. Scott Armbruster, Verónica S. Di Stilio, J. Tuxill et al. · American Journal of Botany · 1999 · 244 citations · Full text

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NULL MODEL ANALYSES OF SPECIALIZATION IN PLANT–POLLINATOR INTERACTIONS

Diego P. Vázquez, Marcelo A. Aizen · Ecology · 2003 · 235 citations

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Epiphytism and pollinator specialization: drivers for orchid diversity?

Barbara Gravendeel, Ann Smithson, Ferry Slik et al. · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2004 · 232 citations · Full text

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Authors

348

  1. SD
    Steven D. Johnson

    University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    10 publications · 2.3K citations

    9

    h-index

  2. WS
    W. Scott Armbruster

    University of Alaska Fairbanks, United States

    7 publications · 742 citations

    7

    h-index

  3. PG
    Peter Goldblatt

    Missouri Botanical Garden, United States

    5 publications · 257 citations

    5

    h-index

  4. RD
    Ryan D. Phillips

    Australian National University, Australia

    4 publications · 118 citations

    4

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  5. JO
    Jeff Ollerton

    University of Northampton, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 606 citations

    4

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1–5 of 348

Institutions

223

  1. University of KwaZulu-Natal

    Durban, South Africa

    10 h-index

    17 publications

    2.5K citations

  2. University of Alaska Fairbanks

    Fairbanks, United States

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    641 citations

  3. South African National Biodiversity Institute

    Pretoria, South Africa

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    3.1K citations

  4. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

    Trondheim, Norway

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    747 citations

  5. University of Bern

    Bern, Switzerland

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    229 citations

  6. Missouri Botanical Garden

    St Louis, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    168 citations

  7. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    436 citations

  8. University of Portsmouth

    Portsmouth, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    408 citations

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Venues

  1. American Journal of Botany

    10 publications · 598 citations

    10

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  2. Annals of Botany

    9 publications · 530 citations

    9

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  3. Ecology

    7 publications · 539 citations

    7

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  4. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

    7 publications · 271 citations

    7

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  5. International Journal of Plant Sciences

    IJPS · 6 publications · 458 citations

    6

    h-index

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