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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]
Annals of Botany, 2009 You-Hao Guo
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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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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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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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THE EFFECTS OF NECTAR ROBBING ON PLANTEPRODUCTION AND EVOLUTION [PDF]
Chinese Journal of Plant Ecology, 2006 The relationship between plant and pollinator is considered as a mutualism because plant benefits from the pollinator's transport of male gametes. Nectar robbers are frequently described as cheaters in the plant-pollinator mutualism, because it is assumed that they obtain a reward (nectar) without providing a service (pollination).
ZHANG Yan_Wen, WANG Yong, GUO You_Hao
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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?
Trevor Ledbetter +3 more
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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'
Sarah K, Richman +3 more
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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.
Arjun Adit +3 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
Jeff Marks +2 more
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