Response to Aguilar et al.’s (2015) critique of Ollerton et al. (2009)

Nickolas M. Waser; Jeff Ollerton; Mary V Price

doi:10.26786/1920-7603(2015)22

Authors

Nickolas M. Waser University of California Riverside University of Arizona
Jeff Ollerton Department of Environmental and Geographical Sciences, University of Northampton, Newton Building, Avenue Campus, Northampton, NN2 6JD UK
Mary V Price University of California Riverside University of Arizona

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26786/1920-7603(2015)22

Abstract

In their response to Ollerton et al.’s (2015) cautions about methods used by Rosas-Guerrero et al. (2014) to test the pollination syndromes, Aguilar et al. (2015) criticize an earlier paper by Ollerton et al. (2009). Here we respond to their concerns.

Author Biographies

Nickolas M. Waser, University of California Riverside University of Arizona

Professor of Biology Emeritus, UC Riverside

Adjunct Professor, U. Arizona

Mary V Price, University of California Riverside University of Arizona

Professor of Biology Emerita, UC Riverside

Adjunct Professor, U. Arizona

References

Aguilar R, Martén-Rodríguez S, Avila-Sakar G, Ashworth L, Lopezaraiza-Mikel M, Rosas-Guerrero V, Quesada M (2015) A global review of pollination syndromes: A response to Ollerton et al. 2015. Journal of Pollination Ecology 17, 126–128. DOI: https://doi.org/10.26786/1920-7603(2015)21

Ollerton J, Rech AR, Waser NM, Price MV (2015) Using the literature to test pollination syndromes—some methodological cautions. Journal of Pollination Ecology 16, 119–125. DOI: https://doi.org/10.26786/1920-7603(2015)17

Ollerton J, Alarcón R, Waser NM, Price MV, Watts S, Cranmer L, Hingston A, Peter CI, Rotenberry J (2009) A global test of the pollination syndrome hypothesis. Annals of Botany 103, 1471–1480. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcp031

Rosas-Guerrero V, Aguilar R, Marten-Rodriguez S, Ashworth L, Lopezaraiza-Mikel M, Bastida JM, Quesada M (2014) A quantitative review of pollination syndromes: do floral traits predict effective pollinators? Ecology Letters 17, 388–400. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.12224