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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
Nelly Rodríguez-Peña, Kathryn E. Stoner, Cesar M. Flores-Ortiz, Jorge Ayala-Berdón, Miguel A. Munguía-Rosas, Víctor Sánchez-Cordero, Jorge E. Schondube   +6 more
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Bite force estimates and morphological correlations of jaw muscles in parrots

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Parrots (Order: Psittaciformes) are renowned for their high bite force (BF) and morphological correlates thereof, including a highly mobile skull and two unique mandibular adductor muscles—m. pseudomasseter and m. ethmomandibularis, with the former being hypothesized to increase force output.
Ana Carolina L. Faillace, Arin Berger, Marcelo Ismar S. Santana, Adam Hartstone‐Rose   +3 more
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Floral nectar reabsorption and a sugar concentration gradient in two long-spurred Habenaria species (Orchidaceae)

BMC Plant Biology, 2023
Background Floral nectar is the most common reward flowers offered to pollinators. The quality and quantity of nectar produced by a plant species provide a key to understanding its interactions with pollinators and predicting rates of reproductive ...
Hai-Ping Zhang, Shi-Jia Wen, Hong Wang, Zong-Xin Ren   +3 more
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Pectinase‐Based Bioprocesses for Circular Bioeconomy and Sustainable Industrial Development

Biotechnology and Bioengineering, EarlyView.
This picture demonstrates a unified strategy for sustainable pectinase production, focusing on microbial bioproduction, innovative strategies in enzyme engineering (Protein engineering, rational enzyme design, directed evolution and heterologous expression) and various applications in industry, including food, textiles, pulp and paper, agriculture and ...
Nisha Sharma, Dimple Tanwar, Usha Grewal, Murugesan Mohana Keerthi, Yogesh K. Ahlawat, Nitin Pandey, Chirag G. Makvana   +6 more
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How wildlife respond to tropical cyclones: short‐term tactics and long‐term impacts

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT From butterflies to lizards and from sharks to seabirds, wildlife exhibit tactics to survive the impacts of tropical cyclones, also known as hurricanes, cyclones, or typhoons depending on where they occur. Some species seek refuge during the storm by moving, some remain in place and ride it out, and others move longer distances, avoiding the ...
Erin L. Koen, Mohamed Khalil Meliane, Zachery B. Holmes, Karl E. Miller, William J. Barichivich, Emilie Dedeban, Alex Furst, Miranda Imeri, Peyton E. Niebanck, Samantha Nunn, Kailee Pearson, Nicole Rita, Brier Ryver, Dakotah Shaffer, Susan C. Walls, E. Hance Ellington   +15 more
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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
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Nectar Replaced by Volatile Secretion: A Potential New Role for Nectarless Flowers in a Bee-Pollinated Plant Species

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2018
The presence of nectarless flowers in nectariferous plants is a widespread phenomenon in angiosperms. However, the frequency and distribution of nectarless flowers in natural populations, and the transition from nectariferous to nectarless flowers are ...
Elza Guimarães, Priscila Tunes, Luiz D. de Almeida Junior, Luiz C. Di Stasi, Stefan Dötterl, Silvia R. Machado   +5 more
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Kin discrimination in plants: overview and implications for population and community ecology

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Following the discovery of identity discrimination, particularly self and kin discrimination amongst plant competitors, research on interplant interactions has advanced significantly within plant physiology and evolutionary ecology. This review synthesizes current knowledge on how both self and kin discrimination influence plant growth ...
Akira Yamawo
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Warming temperatures affect meadow‐wide nectar resources, with implications for plant–pollinator communities

Ecosphere, 2022
Nectar production may be a point of sensitivity that can help link primary and secondary trophic responses to climate shifts, and is therefore important to our understanding of ecosystem responses.
Audrey L. McCombs, Diane Debinski, Keith Reinhardt, Matthew J. Germino, Petrutza Caragea   +4 more
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Global distribution of avian plumage coloration and patterning: the relative influence of climate, ecology, and sexual selection

Ecography, EarlyView.
Animal coloration exhibits substantial biogeographic variation, reflecting complex adaptations to both abiotic and biotic environments. Although the evolutionary mechanisms underlying avian plumage coloration have been widely studied, geographic variation in plumage patterning has received far less attention.
Yuqing Han, Ying Zeng, Tien Ming Lee, Long Wang, Chen Zeng, Pengfei Fan, Çağan H. Şekercioğlu, Weini Huang, Yang Liu   +8 more
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