Novel nectar robbing negatively affects reproduction in Digitalis purpurea [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2021 With many plant–pollinator interactions undergoing change as species’ distributions shift, we require a better understanding of how the addition of new interacting partners can affect plant reproduction. One such group of floral visitors, nectar robbers,
Maria Clara Castellanos +2 more
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Nectar robbing by bees affects the reproductive fitness of the distylous plant Tirpitzia sinensis (Linaceae) [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Nectar robbing can affect plant reproductive success directly by influencing female and male fitness, and indirectly by affecting pollinator behavior. Flowers have morphological and chemical features that may protect them from nectar robbers.
Xiaoyue Wang
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The Sensory and Cognitive Ecology of Nectar Robbing [PDF]
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
Judith Bronstein +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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Social transmission of nectar-robbing behaviour in bumble-bees [PDF]
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2008 Social transmission of acquired foraging techniques is rarely considered outside of a vertebrate context. Here, however, we show that nectar robbing by bumble-bees ( Bombus terrestris )—an invertebrate behaviour of considerable ecological significance—has the potential to spread through a population at the ...
Lars Chittka, Ellouise Leadbeater
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Nectar replenishment maintains the neutral effects of nectar robbing on female reproductive success of Salvia przewalskii (Lamiaceae), a plant pollinated and robbed by bumble bees [PDF]
Annals of Botany, 2017 It has been suggested that the dynamics of nectar replenishment could differ for flowers after being nectar robbed or visited legitimately, but further experimental work is needed to investigate this hypothesis. This study aimed to assess the role of nectar replenishment in mediating the effects of nectar robbing on pollinator behaviour and plant ...
Qing-Feng Wang +2 more
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Nectar robbing positively influences the reproductive success of Tecomella undulata (Bignoniaceae). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 The net consequence of nectar robbing on reproductive success of plants is usually negative and the positive effect is rarely produced. We evaluated the influence of nectar robbing on the behaviour of pollinators and the reproductive success of Tecomella
Vineet Kumar Singh +2 more
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A reference genome for the nectar-robbing Black-throated Flowerpiercer (Diglossa brunneiventris) [PDF]
G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 2021 Black-throated Flowerpiercers (Diglossa brunneiventrisDiglossaD ...
Anna E Hiller +2 more
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Floral trait variation across individual plants within a population enhances defense capability to nectar robbing [PDF]
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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Nectar robbing in the trainbearers (Lesbia, Trochilidae) [PDF]
PeerJ, 2020 Many flower visitors engage in floral larceny, a suite of so-called ’illegitimate’ visits in which foragers take nectar without providing pollination services.
Boris Igić +2 more
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