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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The Hole Truth: Why Do Bumble Bees Rob Flowers More Than Once? [PDF]
PlantsPrimary nectar-robbers feed through holes they make in flowers, often bypassing the plant’s reproductive organs in the process. In many robbed plants, multiple holes are made in a single flower.
Judith L. Bronstein +3 more
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Realized tolerance to nectar robbing: compensation to floral enemies in Ipomopsis aggregata. [PDF]
Ann Bot, 2009 Although the ecological and evolutionary consequences of foliar herbivory are well understood, how plants cope with floral damage is less well explored. Here the concept of tolerance, typically studied within the context of plant defence to foliar herbivores and pathogens, is extended to floral damage.
Irwin RE.
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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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On the Limits of Alpine Plants: A Systematic Review of the Factors Behind Species' Elevational Range Limits. [PDF]
Ecol EvolThis systematic review of 107 studies on the factors behind the elevational range limits of alpine vascular plants shows a persistent emphasis on upper limits and abiotic factors, especially temperature, while work at lower limits is more evenly distributed across water availability, plant–plant interactions, and selection/local adaptation.
Weides SE +7 more
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Is bee‐avoidance by bird‐pollinated flowers driven by nectar robbing in Erica ?
Functional EcologyAbstract Nectar robbing (consuming nectar from a perforated flower without pollinating) generally negatively affects plant fecundity, and plants exhibit multiple mechanisms in defence.
Anina Coetzee +4 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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