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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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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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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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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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Gloss, colour and grip: multifunctional epidermal cell shapes in bee- and bird-pollinated flowers. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Flowers bear the function of filters supporting the attraction of pollinators as well as the deterrence of floral antagonists. The effect of epidermal cell shape on the visual display and tactile properties of flowers has been evaluated only recently. In
Sarah Papiorek +2 more
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Ecosphere, 2023 Nectar robbers and thieves are common antagonists in plant–pollinator communities, where they deplete nectar without pollinating flowers, substantially affecting plant reproduction.
Sailee P. Sakhalkar +5 more
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Pollination and nectar larceny by birds and bees in novel forests of the Hawaiian Islands
Journal of Pollination Ecology, 2021 The extinction of native species and introduction of non-native species may lead to the disruption of biotic interactions. Pollination is a critical ecosystem process that often requires mutualisms between animals and plants.
Pryce W Millikin +2 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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European Journal of Taxonomy, 2023 The mountain bumblebees of the subgenus Alpigenobombus Skorikov, 1914, are uniquely distinctive because the females have enlarged mandibles with six large, evenly spaced teeth, which they use to bite holes in long-corolla flowers for nectar robbing ...
Paul H. Williams +11 more
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