Byers Diane L, Chang Shu-Mei
School of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois 61790-4120 USA.
Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602 USA.
Appl Plant Sci. 2017 Jun 20;5(6). doi: 10.3732/apps.1700052. eCollection 2017 Jun.
Plant-pollinator interactions are essential for successful plant reproduction in both natural and agricultural systems. These interactions are negatively impacted by recent large-scale alterations of the environments, particularly climate change. The responses of plants and pollinators to changing abiotic conditions that vary seasonally and geographically are often uncoordinated, potentially leading to the breakdown of this interaction. The complexity of the responses of plants and pollinators to our changing climate necessitates creative approaches. The six articles in this special issue directly address this need by providing a variety of key methods and reviews of current methodology. The articles include: DNA barcoding methods for use on pollen collected from visiting bees; methods for assessment of plant attraction traits (nectar and review of floral volatiles methods); a field sampling method for ground nesting bees; a review of using spatial and temporal transplants for addressing changing dynamics of plant-pollinator interactions; and a review of approaches used to assess potential shifts in phenology of plants and pollinators. Collectively, these articles illustrate some of the breadth of approaches needed to address the changing dynamics of plant-pollinator interactions.
在自然和农业系统中，植物与传粉者之间的相互作用对于植物的成功繁殖至关重要。这些相互作用受到近期大规模环境变化的负面影响，尤其是气候变化。植物和传粉者对随季节和地理变化的非生物条件的反应往往不协调，这可能导致这种相互作用的瓦解。植物和传粉者对气候变化的反应十分复杂，因此需要创新方法。本期特刊中的六篇文章通过提供各种关键方法和对当前方法的综述，直接满足了这一需求。这些文章包括：用于对从访花蜜蜂采集的花粉进行DNA条形码分析的方法；评估植物吸引特性（花蜜和花香挥发物方法综述）的方法；一种针对地面筑巢蜜蜂的田间采样方法；一篇关于利用空间和时间移植来应对植物 - 传粉者相互作用动态变化的综述；以及一篇关于用于评估植物和传粉者物候潜在变化的方法综述。总体而言，这些文章展示了应对植物 - 传粉者相互作用动态变化所需方法的多样性。
