What are the plant reproductive consequences of losing a nectar robber?
Journal of Pollination Ecology, 2022 Pollinator declines worldwide are detrimental for plants. Given the negative effects that antagonisitc visitors, including nectar robbers, can sometimes inflict, might declines in their populations instead confer benefits?
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Differential effects of nectar robbing by the same bumble-bee species on three sympatric Corydalis species with varied mating systems. [PDF]
Ann Bot, 2009 Zhang YW, Yu Q, Zhao JM, Guo YH.
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Heterospecific Hymenoptera found inside the nests of Bombus impatiens (Hymenoptera: Apidae). [PDF]
, 2018 The nests of social Hymenoptera are particularly attractive to species engaging in resource robbing due to their concentration of resources. Here, the identity of heterospecific intruders in Bombus impatiens nests are described, with a particular focus ...
Graham, Kelsey K
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Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 Consumption of pollination reward by felonious means in a plant species can influence the foraging behavior of its pollinator and eventually the reproductive success.
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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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The Campsis-Icterus association as a model system for avian nectar-robbery studies
Scientific Reports, 2022 Avian nectar-robbing is common in some floras but its impact on plant-pollinator mutualisms, flowering phenology, and the evolution of floral traits remains largely unexplored.
Gary R. Graves
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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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Diverse nectar robbers on Alpinia roxburghii Sweet (Zingiberaceae)
Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity, 2015 This study records for the first time three mammal species as nectar robbers on the ginger Alpinia roxburghii Sweet. We examined the behavior of nectar robbers and compared with earlier studies on a single plant species.
Xiaobao Deng +3 more
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The bee as a model to investigate brain and behavioural asymmetries [PDF]
, 2014 The honeybee Apis mellifera, with a brain of only 960,000 neurons and the ability to perform sophisticated cognitive tasks, has become an excellent model in life sciences and in particular in cognitive neurosciences.
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Consequences of secondary nectar robbing for male components of plant reproduction [PDF]
American Journal of Botany, 2018 Premise of the StudyOrganisms engage in multiple species interactions simultaneously. While pollination studies generally focus on plants and pollinators exclusively, secondary robbing, a behavior that requires other species (primary robbers) to first create access holes in corollas, is common. It has been shown that secondary robbing can reduce plants'
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