Ozone pollution disrupts plant-pollinator systems

Evgenios Agathokleous; Zhaozhong Feng; Josep Penuelas

doi:10.1016/j.tree.2022.08.004

Ozone pollution disrupts plant-pollinator systems

Trends Ecol Evol. 2022 Nov;37(11):939-941. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2022.08.004. Epub 2022 Sep 29.

Authors

Evgenios Agathokleous¹, Zhaozhong Feng², Josep Penuelas³

Affiliations

¹ Collaborative Innovation Center on Forecast and Evaluation of Meteorological Disasters (CIC-FEMD), Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, Jiangsu, China; Research Center for Global Changes and Ecosystem Carbon Sequestration and Mitigation, School of Applied Meteorology, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, Jiangsu, China. Electronic address: evgenios@nuist.edu.cn.
² Collaborative Innovation Center on Forecast and Evaluation of Meteorological Disasters (CIC-FEMD), Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, Jiangsu, China; Research Center for Global Changes and Ecosystem Carbon Sequestration and Mitigation, School of Applied Meteorology, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, Jiangsu, China. Electronic address: zhaozhong.feng@nuist.edu.cn.
³ CSIC, Global Ecology Unit CREAF-CSIC-UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain; CREAF, 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Catalonia, Spain.

PMID: 36184389
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2022.08.004

Abstract

Ozone pollution disrupts floral visual and volatile signals, olfactory perception of volatile communication signals, and learning, memory, and behavior of pollinators. These changes could have implications for plant-pollinator systems.

Keywords: air pollution; chemical interactions; ecological effects; plant-insect interactions; pollination; species communication.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Flowers
Ozone*
Plants
Pollination*

Substances

Ozone