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Luísa Gigante Carvalheiro1, Renata Santos Souza1, Stênio Godinho Gomes2
1Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil.
Trends in Ecology & Evolution
|August 15, 2025
Abstract:
Pollinator-mediated facilitation can support less attractive plant species within communities. Zhang and Agrawal proposed congener facilitation as a general ecological mechanism that compensates for the evolutionary loss of pollinator-attracting traits. However, detecting this effect may depend on landscape context and species-specific factors.
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