What Do Nectarivorous Bats Like? Nectar Composition in Bromeliaceae With Special Emphasis on Bat-Pollinated Species [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2019 Floral nectar is the most important reward for pollinators and an integral component of the pollination syndrome. Nectar research has mainly focused on sugars or amino acids, whereas more comprehensive studies on the nectar composition of closely related
Thomas Göttlinger +3 more
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Inaugural Description of Extrafloral Nectaries in Sapindaceae: Structure, Diversity and Nectar Composition [PDF]
Plants, 2023 Sapindales is a large order with a great diversity of nectaries; however, to date, there is no information about extrafloral nectaries (EFN) in Sapindaceae, except recent topological and morphological data, which indicate an unexpected structural novelty
Danielle Maximo +2 more
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Nectar Abundance and Nectar Composition in Selected Rubus idaeus L. Varieties
Agriculture, 2022 The increasing commercial production of R. idaeus offers insects nectar and pollen rewards, thus increasing the chance of cross-pollination, which enhances fruit yields.
Mikołaj Kostryco, Mirosława Chwil
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Impact of Nectar Composition and Nectar Yeasts on Volatile Emissions and Parasitoid Behavior. [PDF]
J Chem EcolAbstract Nectar yeasts can significantly influence the scent of floral nectar and therefore the foraging behavior of flower-visiting insects. While these effects likely depend on nectar chemistry and yeast species, their joint impact on nectar volatile profiles and associated insect responses remain poorly understood.
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Functional Diversity of Nectary Structure and Nectar Composition in the Genus Fritillaria (Liliaceae) [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2018 Fritillaria is a genus consisting of 130 to 140 species of bulbous plants, native to temperate regions of the northern hemisphere. Generally viewed as an insect pollinated genus with the exception of two North American species, Fritillaria gentneri and F.
Katarzyna Roguz +8 more
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Sucrose digestion capacity in birds shows convergent coevolution with nectar composition across continents [PDF]
iScience, 2021 Summary: The major lineages of nectar-feeding birds (hummingbirds, sunbirds, honeyeaters, flowerpiercers, and lorikeets) are considered examples of convergent evolution.
Todd J. McWhorter +7 more
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Eco-evolutionary processes shaping floral nectar sugar composition
Scientific ReportsFloral nectar sugar composition is assumed to reflect the nutritional demands and foraging behaviour of pollinators, but the relative contributions of evolutionary and abiotic factors to nectar sugar composition remain largely unknown across the ...
Yicong Liu +10 more
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Sugar composition of floral nectar in sour cherry cultivars
International Journal of Horticultural Science, 2000 The composition of floral nectar in sour cherry cultivars studied in 1997 at Újfehértó was in agreement with our previous data, the three most frequent sugar components being glucose, fructose and sucrose.
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Do honeybees shape the bacterial community composition in floral nectar? [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Floral nectar is considered the most important reward animal-pollinated plants offer to attract pollinators. Here we explore whether honeybees, which act as pollinators, affect the composition of bacterial communities in the nectar.
Yana Aizenberg-Gershtein +2 more
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Factors affecting nectar sugar composition in chiropterophilic plants
Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2016 Most pollinators prefer the sugars present in the nectar they consume, so it has been hypothesized that they have molded nectar trait evolution. However, nectar-feeding bats do not exhibit preferences for the sugars present in their diet. We analyzed the
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