Scott Rush

TL;DR: It is found strong, consistent evidence that increases in both flower number and size cause increased visitation by syrphid flies, and studies using only 1 year, one method, or measuring only one trait may not provide an adequate understanding of the effects of plant traits on pollinator attraction.

TL;DR: The impact of herbivory on the fitness of hermaphroditic plants requires knowledge of both male and female reproductive success, and how plants have evolved to respond to damage from herbivores in allocation patterns to floral resources may be influenced or constrained by floral adaptations.

TL;DR: Results for morphology, pollen availability, time spent per visit, and pollinator efficiency are in broad agreement with previous studies, suggesting the possible emergence of some general rules of pollen transfer.

TL;DR: Estimating selection acting on flower number, flower size, stigma exsertion, and ovule number per flower using field data on lifetime female fitness (seed production) in wild radish, Raphanus raphanistrum found that increased flower size was associated with increases in both the number of fruit and theNumber of seeds per fruit in one year, with the latter relationship being stronger.

TL;DR: There was no strong evidence for selection on floral morphology through male Fitness differences in any of the three years of the study, but there was strong selection for increased flower size through female fitness differences in one year.