Pollination Across the Diel Cycle: A Global Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT: The daily transition between day and night, known as the diel cycle, is characterised by significant shifts in environmental conditions and biological activity, both of which can affect crucial ecosystem functions like pollination. Despite over six decades of research into whether pollination varies between day and night, consensus remains elusive. We compiled the evidence of diel pollination from 135 studies with pollinator exclusion experiments involving 139 angiosperms. We used phylogenetic multi-level meta-analysis to test the influence of environmental conditions and plant functional traits on diel pollination differences. Our synthesis revealed an overall lack of difference in pollination between day and night; many plant species (90% of studied spp.) exhibit similar pollination succ

SUBMITTER: Kendall L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11687351 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature