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The ethics of theft: Reevaluating the impacts of floral larceny on plant reproductive success [PDF]
Plant DiversityPlants and their interaction partners offer unparalleled views of evolutionary ecology. Nectar larceny, entailing nectar extraction without pollinating, is thought to be an example of a harmful, antagonistic behavior, but the precise consequences of ...
Jin-Ru Zhong +8 more
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Evidence for moth pollination in a rhinomyiophilous Erica species from the Cape Floristic Region of South Africa [PDF]
PhytoKeysContrasting pollination syndromes in closely related species suggest that floral trait divergence is associated with differences in pollination system, but empirical observations are required to confirm syndrome-based predictions.
Timotheüs van der Niet, Ruth J. Cozien
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Socioecological drivers of mutualistic and antagonistic plant-insect interactions and interaction outcomes in suburban landscapes. [PDF]
PLoS ONECities are complex socioecological systems, yet most urban ecology research does not include the influence of social processes on ecological outcomes. Much of the research that does address social processes focuses primarily on their effects on biotic ...
Gordon Fitch +3 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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Journal of Pollination Ecology, 2021 Fuchsia magellanica (Ongaraceae) is a plant with a traditionally ornithopholous pollination system, pollinated primarily by hummingbirds in its native range. As a naturalised alien plant in Ireland, F.
Dara Anne Stanley, Emmeline Cosnett
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Robbing Behavior in Honey Bees
EDIS, 2015 Western honey bee workers can invade and steal honey/nectar from other colonies or sugar/corn syrup from feeders used to deliver syrup to other colonies. This is called “robbing” behavior. Robbing behavior typically involves the collection of nectar and
Ryan Willingham +2 more
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Caldasia, 2006 We report differences in foraging behavior of three Andean bumblebee species onflowers of Digitalis purpurea (Scrophulariaceae). Bombus atratus was a potentialpollinator while B. hortulanus and B. rubicundus collected nectar by robbing throughholes.
RIVEROS ANDRE J. +2 more
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Reproductive biology and flower-visitor interactions of two bromeliad species from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest [PDF]
Plant Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Background and aims – The Bromeliaceae family has great importance in the maintenance of neotropical communities. In the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, bromeliads are among the major groups responsible for maintaining the local flora and fauna and ...
Matheus R. e Silva +2 more
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Biology, 2021 Nectar robbers, which affect plant fitness (directly or indirectly) in different degrees and in different ways, potentially constitute a significant part of mutualistic relationships.
Qin-Zheng Hou +6 more
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The flowerpiercers interactions with a community of high Andean plants
Avian Research, 2021 Background Flowerpiercers (Diglossa) are traditionally considered as “parasites” of the pollination processes, as they can access the nectar without entering in contact with the reproductive structures of the plants.
Jairo Andrés Cuta-Pineda +2 more
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