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Nectar microbes may indirectly change fruit consumption by seed-dispersing birds
Basic and Applied Ecology, 2023 An increasing number of recent studies show that nectar-inhabiting microorganisms influence plant fitness by mediating interactions between plants and pollinators.
Kaoru Tsuji
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Plants, 2020 Floral nectar, being a primary reward for insect visitors, is a key factor in shaping plant–pollinator interactions. However, little is known about the variability in nectar traits, which could potentially affect pollinators and the reproduction of the ...
Justyna Ryniewicz +6 more
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Foliar herbivory increases sucrose concentration in bracteal extrafloral nectar of cotton
PLoS ONE, 2021 Cultivated cotton, such as Gossypium hirsutum L., produces extrafloral (EF) nectar on leaves (foliar) and reproductive structures (bracteal) as an indirect anti-herbivore defense.
Cody C. Gale +5 more
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Novel nectar robbing negatively affects reproduction in Digitalis purpurea
Ecology and Evolution, 2021 With many plant–pollinator interactions undergoing change as species’ distributions shift, we require a better understanding of how the addition of new interacting partners can affect plant reproduction. One such group of floral visitors, nectar robbers,
Christopher R. Mackin +2 more
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Acta Agrobotanica, 2017 Floral and extra-floral nectars are secretions elaborated by specific organs (nectaries) that can be associated with plant reproductive structures (the so-called floral nectaries found only in angiosperms) or vegetative parts (extrafloral nectaries ...
Massimo Nepi
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Do honeybees shape the bacterial community composition in floral nectar? [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Floral nectar is considered the most important reward animal-pollinated plants offer to attract pollinators. Here we explore whether honeybees, which act as pollinators, affect the composition of bacterial communities in the nectar.
Yana Aizenberg-Gershtein +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 Sensory and Cognitive Ecology of Nectar Robbing
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Animals foraging from flowers must assess their environment and make critical decisions about which patches, plants, and flowers to exploit to obtain limiting resources. The cognitive ecology of plant-pollinator interactions explores not only the complex
Sarah K. Richman +7 more
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Ecophysiological aspects of nectar reabsorption
Acta Agrobotanica, 2012 A number of approaches, both direct and indirect, have shown that nectar is reabsorbed by numerous plant species, irrespective of the age or sex of the flower.
Małgorzata Stpiczyńska, Massimo Nepi
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BMC Plant Biology, 2021 Background Nitraria tangutorum is an important desert shrub that shows resistance to drought, salt and wind erosion stresses. It is a central ecological species in its area. Here, we have studied how N.
Tingting Chen +10 more
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