Spatiotemporal Variations in Nectar Robbing and Its Effects on Reproduction in Salvia castanea Diels (Lamiaceae) [PDF]
PlantsNectar robbing typically reduces nectar availability to pollinators, damages flower structure, and/or induces secondary robbing. Consequently, it may reduce pollen deposition and seed set, increase pollination efficiency and outcrossing, and/or not ...
Han-Wen Xiao, Yan-Bo Huang
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Mutualism and Antagonism in a Post‐Extinction Hawaiian Bird–Lobelioid Pollination System [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionExtinction of specialized pollinators can alter the balance between mutualism and antagonism in plant–animal interactions, yet the mechanistic consequences of partner loss remain poorly resolved. We examined plant–bird interactions among three endangered
Samuel B. Case +9 more
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Floral visitors of sesame (Sesamum indicum L.): Elucidating their nectar-robbing behaviour and impacts on the plant reproduction. [PDF]
PLoS ONENectar robbing is common in angiosperms, especially in long tubular flowers or flowers with spurs that keep nectar out of reach of visitors. However, the robbing behaviour of bees is less understood.
Ujjwal Layek +3 more
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Nectar Robbery by Native and Invasive Bumblebees Reduces Floral Rewards but Not Seed Production in Desfontainia fulgens [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionNectar robbery is common in hummingbird‐pollinated plants and is often assumed to reduce plant reproductive success by depleting floral rewards and disrupting pollination.
Carlos E. Valdivia, José I. Orellana
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A Decrease in the Staminode-Mediated Visitor Screening Mechanism in Response to Nectar Robbers Positively Affects Reproduction in Delphinium caeruleum Jacq. ex Camb. (Ranunculaceae) [PDF]
Biology, 2022 Nectar-robbing insects, which are frequently described as cheaters in plant–pollinator mutualisms, may affect plant reproductive fitness by obtaining nectar rewards without providing pollination services.
Qinzheng Hou +5 more
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Nectar robbing by the invasive bumblebee Bombus terrestris (Apidae) changes the behavior of native flower visitors of Fuchsia magellanica Lam. (Onagraceae) but not seed set [PDF]
PeerJMutualisms between plants and pollinators may be threatened by nectar robbers, as these animals typically consume nectar without providing the essential pollination service.
Carlos E. Valdivia +2 more
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SECONDARY NECTAR ROBBING BY A VOLCANO HUMMINGBIRD (SELASPHORUS FLAMMULA)
Ornitología Neotropical, 2023 Secondary nectar robbing is poorly studied in hummingbirds. Here, we provide an updated list of hummingbird species reported to be secondary nectar robbers and give the first detailed account of secondary nectar robbing by a Volcano Hummingbird (Selasphorus flammula) that obtained nectar through holes made by a Slaty Flowerpiercer (Diglossa plumbea) in
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Social learning drives handedness in nectar-robbing bumblebees
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 2013 Bumblebees have been found to observe and copy the behaviour of others with regard to floral choices, particularly when investigating novel flower types. They can also learn to make nectar-robbing holes in flowers as a result of encountering them. Here, we investigate handedness in nectar-robbing bumblebees feeding on Rhinanthus minor, a flower that ...
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Impact of Striped-Squirrel Nectar-Robbing Behaviour on Gender Fitness in Alpinia roxburghii Sweet (Zingiberaceae). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Nectar-robbing has the potential to strongly affect male and female reproductive fitness of plants. One example of nectar theft is that shown by striped-squirrels (Tamiops swinhoei) on a number of ginger species, including Alpinia roxburghii and A ...
Xiaobao Deng +4 more
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Morphological specialisation for primary nectar robbing in a pollen specialist mining bee (Hymenoptera, Andrenidae) [PDF]
Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 2023 The European mining bee species Andrena lathyri (Andrenidae) is a narrow specialist of flowers of Lathyrus and Vicia (Fabaceae), from which both females and males gain nectar by primary nectar robbing.
Andreas Müller, Paul Westrich
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