section_path: Pollination/Biotic pollination/Pollinator relationships
section_name: Pollinator relationships
paragraph_text: Pollinator relationships
  
  Many flowers have close relationships with one or a few specific pollinating organisms. Many flowers, for example, attract only one specific species of insect and therefore rely on that insect for successful reproduction. This close relationship is an example of coevolution, as the flower and pollinator have developed together over a long period to match each other's needs. This close relationship compounds the negative effects of extinction, however, since the extinction of either member in such a relationship would almost certainly mean the extinction of the other member as well.