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Loss, persistence and reversal of phenotypic traits

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The irreversibility of complex trait loss has long been a tenet of evolutionary biology. However, this idea is increasingly at odds with the numerous documented exceptions across the Tree of Life. We synthesise this growing body of evidence across a diverse array of taxa and traits, exploring the evolutionary conditions that enable ...
Giobbe Forni, Giuseppe Fusco, Filippo Nicolini, Heather Bruce, Andrea Luchetti   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Morphological specialization influences nectar extraction efficiency of sympatric nectar-feeding bats [PDF]

Journal of Experimental Biology, 2012
SummaryMammals frequently use nectar as a supplementary food, while a predominantly nectarivorous lifestyle with morphological specializations for this feeding mode is rare within the class. However, Neotropical flower-visiting bats largely depend on nectar resources and show distinct adaptations to a nectar diet.
Tania P, Gonzalez-Terrazas, Rodrigo A, Medellin, Mirjam, Knörnschild, Marco, Tschapka   +3 more
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A Comprehensive Review on Nutrition, Phytochemistry, Pharmacology and Food Application Perspectives of Bioactive Rich Superfruits

Future Postharvest and Food, EarlyView.
The review critically evaluated and compared the selected superfruit phytochemistry, their bioactive composition and the key health benefits majorly emphasizing the antioxidant potential. It has highlighted the translational challenges in formulating functional foods by addressing the issues related to delivery system, bioavailability mechanism and the
Sharath Kumar Nagaraja, Javid Iqbal Mir, Mahendra Kumar Verma, Aamir Hussain Dar   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sweet Scents: Nectar Specialist Yeasts Enhance Nectar Attraction of a Generalist Aphid Parasitoid Without Affecting Survival

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2018
Floral nectar is commonly inhabited by microorganisms, mostly yeasts and bacteria, which can have a strong impact on nectar chemistry and scent. Yet, little is known about the effects of nectar microbes on the behavior and survival of insects belonging ...
Islam S. Sobhy, Islam S. Sobhy, Dieter Baets, Tim Goelen, Beatriz Herrera-Malaver, Lien Bosmans, Wim Van den Ende, Kevin J. Verstrepen, Felix Wäckers, Felix Wäckers, Hans Jacquemyn, Bart Lievens   +11 more
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Thermal inactivation of Byssochlamys nivea in pineapple nectar combined with preliminary high pressure treatments [PDF]

, 2010
Byssochlamys nivea is a thermal resistant filamentous fungi and potential micotoxin producer. Recent studies have verified the presence of ascospores of such microorganism in samples of pineapple nectars.
Calado, V., Ferreira, E. H. R., Massaguer, P. R., Mendo, S., Rosenthal, A., Saraiva, J.   +5 more
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Of hummingbirds and helicopters: Hovering costs, competitive ability, and foraging strategies [PDF]

, 2004
Wing morphology and flight kinematics profoundly influence foraging costs and the overall behavioral ecology of hummingbirds. By analogy with helicopters, previous energetic studies have applied the momentum theory of aircraft propellers to estimate ...
Altshuler, Douglas L., Dudley, Robert, Stiles, F. Gary   +2 more
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Soft Lithography Using Nectar Droplets [PDF]

Langmuir, 2015
In spite of significant advances in replication technologies, methods to produce well-defined three dimensional structures are still at its infancy. Such a limitation would be evident if we were to produce a large array of simple and, especially, compound convex lenses, also guaranteeing that their surfaces would be molecularly smooth.
Biswas, Saheli, Chakrabarti, Aditi, Chateauminois, Antoine, Wandersman, Elie, Prevost, Alexis M., Chaudhury, Manoj K.   +5 more
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The olfactory basis of orchid pollination by mosquitoes. [PDF]

, 2020
Mosquitoes are important vectors of disease and require sources of carbohydrates for reproduction and survival. Unlike host-related behaviors of mosquitoes, comparatively less is understood about the mechanisms involved in nectar-feeding decisions, or ...
Akbari, Omar S, Chan, Jeremy K, Lahondère, Chloé, Okubo, Ryo P, Riffell, Jeffrey A, Vinauger, Clément, Wolff, Gabriella H   +6 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, Wright, GA, Ma, C, Barberis, M, Farrell, IW, Marr, EC, Brankin, A, Pavlik, BM, Stevenson, PC   +8 more
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Application of Principal Component Analysis and Probabilistic Neural Networks in Ferralsols Recovery Evaluation Through Planting of Mabea Fistulifera and Eucalyptus Urograndis

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study presents an innovative assessment model for analyzing the evolution of degraded soils subjected to different reclamation strategies. The proposal combines statistical and artificial intelligence tools to jointly integrate multiple physical and chemical soil properties, allowing for a more synthetic view of the processes.
Melissa Alexandre Santos, Borja Velázquez‐Martí, Jorge João Delfim, Laura Silva Nantes, Jose Augusto Liberato de Souza, Gabriel Augusto da Silva Lunardelli, Dayara Vivian Alvares, Carolina dos Santos Batista Bonini   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source