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Ants as flower visitors : floral ant-repellence and the impact of ant scent-marks on pollinator behaviour [PDF]
, 2012 As flower visitors, ants rarely benefit a plant, commonly disrupting pollination by deterring other flower visitors, or stealing nectar. This thesis examines three aspects of ant-flower interactions, focusing on the occurrence of floral traits that ...
Ballantyne, Gavin
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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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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 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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Biting the hand that feeds you: wedge-billed hummingbird is a nectar robber of a sicklebill-adapted Andean bellflower [PDF]
Acta Amazonica, 2018 I report on nectar robbing behavior of the wedge-billed hummingbird, Schistes geoffroyi (Trochilidae) on the Andean bellflower, Centropogon granulosus (Campanulaceae). Many species of Centropogon are characterized by an abruptly curved corolla tube which
Mannfred M.A. BOEHM
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Ecosphere, 2022 Abiotic factors are generally assumed to determine whether species can exist at the extreme ends of environmental gradients, for example, at high elevations, whereas the role of biotic interactions is less clear. On temperate mountains, insect‐pollinated
Patrick L. Kohl +1 more
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Basic and Applied Ecology, 2022 Wildlife-friendly management practices promote pollinators and pollination services in agricultural landscapes. Wild bee densities are driven by landscape composition, as they benefit from an increased availability of nesting and foraging resources at ...
Nicole Beyer +2 more
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The Role Of Experience In Nectar Robbing By Bombus Impatiens
, 2019 Bees encounter multiple flower species and may use different strategies to forage on them. For sempetalous flowers, that strategy is often nectar robbing.
Bish, Sara Elizabeth
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