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Mutualism and Antagonism in a Post‐Extinction Hawaiian Bird–Lobelioid Pollination System
Ecology and EvolutionExtinction of specialized pollinators can alter the balance between mutualism and antagonism in plant–animal interactions, yet the mechanistic consequences of partner loss remain poorly resolved. We examined plant–bird interactions among three endangered
Samuel B. Case +9 more
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Plant Diversity, 2023 Floral trait variation may help pollinators and nectar robbers identify their target plants and, thus, lead to differential selection pressure for defense capability against floral antagonists.
Shuang Tie +5 more
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Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 Many flowers are fed on by florivores, but we know little about if and how feeding on flowers affects their visual and chemical advertisement and nectar resource, which could disrupt pollination.
Priscila Tunes +3 more
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Distasteful Nectar Deters Floral Robbery [PDF]
Current Biology, 2017 Toxic nectar is an ecological paradox [1, 2]. Plants divert substantial resources to produce nectar that attracts pollinators [3], but toxins in this reward could disrupt the mutualism and reduce plant fitness [4]. Alternatively, such compounds could protect nectar from robbers [2], provided that they do not significantly alter pollinator visitation to
Barlow, SE +8 more
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Influence of genotype, floral stage, and water stress on floral nectar yield and composition of mānuka (Leptospermum scoparium) [PDF]
Annals of Botany, 2018 Merilyn Manley-Harris +2 more
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Nectar biosynthesis is conserved among floral and extrafloral nectaries [PDF]
Plant Physiology, 2021 AbstractNectar is a primary reward mediating plant–animal mutualisms to improve plant fitness and reproductive success. Four distinct trichomatic nectaries develop in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum), one floral and three extrafloral, and the nectars they secrete serve different purposes.
Elizabeth C Chatt +8 more
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The role of abiotic environmental conditions and herbivory in shaping bacterial community composition in floral nectar. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Identifying the processes that drive community assembly has long been a central theme in ecology. For microorganisms, a traditional prevailing hypothesis states that "everything is everywhere, but the environment selects".
Michal Samuni-Blank +5 more
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Nectar sugar production across floral phases in the Gynodioecious Protandrous Plant Geranium sylvaticum [corrected]. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Many zoophilous plants attract their pollinators by offering nectar as a reward. In gynodioecious plants (i.e. populations are composed of female and hermaphrodite individuals) nectar production has been repeatedly reported to be larger in hermaphrodite ...
Sandra Varga +2 more
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Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 2023 One of the main reasons why insect pollinators are declining is a lack of floral resources. In agricultural landscapes, remaining seminatural grasslands play a key role for providing such resources.
Nina Roth +4 more
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The Sensory and Cognitive Ecology of Nectar Robbing
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Animals foraging from flowers must assess their environment and make critical decisions about which patches, plants, and flowers to exploit to obtain limiting resources. The cognitive ecology of plant-pollinator interactions explores not only the complex
Sarah K. Richman +7 more
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