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Heated rivalries for pollinators among arctic plants – EurekAlert

Insect pollination is as important to Arctic plants as it is to plants further south. When flowers abound, the plants have to compete for pollinators. Researchers at the University of Helsinki reveal that higher temperatures cause the flowering periods of dif…

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IMAGE: Even in the Arctic, most plants are insect-pollinated – but here, most pollinators are small, black midges or flies. Avens is one of the most attractive plants and, when in…
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Credit: Tuomas Kankaanpää.
Insect pollination is as important to Arctic plants as it is to plants further south. When flowers abound, the plants have to compete for pollinators. Researchers at the University of Helsinki reveal that higher temperatures cause the flowering periods of different plant spe…

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