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Evolutionary ecology of nectar [PDF]
Annals of Botany, 2018 Background Floral nectar is an important determinant of plant-pollinator interactions and an integral component of pollination syndromes, suggesting it is under pollinator-mediated selection.
Amy L. Parachnowitsch +2 more
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Floral nectar guide patterns discourage nectar robbing by bumble bees. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Floral displays are under selection to both attract pollinators and deter antagonists. Here we show that a common floral trait, a nectar guide pattern, alters the behavior of bees that can act opportunistically as both pollinators and as antagonists ...
Anne S Leonard +3 more
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Nectar mimicry: a new phenomenon [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2020 Nectar is the most common floral reward for flower-visiting flies, bees, bats and birds. Many flowers hide nectar in the floral tube and preclude sensing of nectar by flower-visitors from a distance.
K. Lunau +5 more
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Honeybees’ foraging choices for nectar and pollen revealed by DNA metabarcoding
Scientific Reports, 2023 Honeybees are the most widespread managed pollinators of our food crops, and a crucial part of their well-being is a suitable diet. Yet, we do not know how they choose flowers to collect nectar or pollen from.
M. Leponiemi +7 more
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Secondary Metabolites in Nectar-Mediated Plant-Pollinator Relationships
Plants, 2023 In recent years, our understanding of the complex chemistry of floral nectar and its ecological implications for plant-pollinator relationships has certainly increased.
M. Barberis +3 more
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Dracula’s mistress: removal of blood-red floral nectar results in secretion of more nectar [PDF]
Plant Ecology and Evolution, 2020 Background and aims – Flowers of Jaltomata quipuscoae (Solanaceae) secrete blood-red nectar that serves as an energy reward and possible attractant to pollinators.
Thomas Mione, Isaac Diaz
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Sweet solutions: nectar chemistry and quality
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences, 2022 Nectar, the main floral reward for pollinators, varies greatly in composition and concentration. The assumption that nectar quality is equivalent to its sugar (energy) concentration is too simple.
S. Nicolson
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Dispersal enhances beta diversity in nectar microbes
Ecology Letters, 2017 Rachel L Vannette, Tadashi Fukami
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Colony Transport Affects the Expression of Some Genes Related to the Apis mellifera L. Immune System
Sociobiology, 2022 Migratory beekeeping can harm the bee colonies if not executed properly. Here, colonies of Apis mellifera were transported (for one or two hours) or not, following proper technical standards.
Maurice Fabian Scaloppi +4 more
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Potential effects of nectar microbes on pollinator health
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences, 2022 Floral nectar is prone to colonization by nectar-adapted yeasts and bacteria via air-, rain-, and animal-mediated dispersal. Upon colonization, microbes can modify nectar chemical constituents that are plant-provisioned or impart their own through ...
V. Martin, R. Schaeffer, T. Fukami
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