Local adaptation mediates floral responses to water limitation in an annual wildflower.
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DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.1434
Abstract: PREMISE Understanding how environmental stress affects the strength of mutualisms is critically important given observed and projected environmental changes. In particular, the frequency and duration of drought have been increasing worldwide. We investigated how water… read more here.
Keywords: local adaptation; water; water limitation; nectar ... See more keywords
Legitimate visitors and nectar robbers of Aquilegia formosa have different effects on nectar bacterial communities
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DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.2459
Abstract: Author(s): Zemenick, AT; Rosenheim, JA; Vannette, RL | Abstract: © 2018 The Authors. Metacommunity structure is strongly influenced by dispersal between habitat patches. Dispersal mode (e.g., active or passively via vector, wind, or water) is… read more here.
Keywords: nectar robbers; diversity; nectar; community ... See more keywords
From Robinia pseudoacacia L. nectar to Acacia monofloral honey: biochemical changes and variation of biological properties.
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DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.8957
Abstract: BACKGROUND Robinia pseudoacacia L. nectar and its derivative monofloral honey were systematically compared in this study, to understand how much the starting solution reflected the final product, after re-elaboration by Apis mellifera ligustica Spinola. RESULTS… read more here.
Keywords: pseudoacacia nectar; nectar; honey; nectar acacia ... See more keywords
Honeybees with extensive foraging experience rob nectar more frequently.
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DOI: 10.1007/s00114-021-01781-7
Abstract: Not all flower-visiting animals act as pollinators; some visitors engage in foraging nectar without pollen transfer. The tendency to rob nectar is related to visitors' morphological traits and rewards per foraging effort, and drivers of… read more here.
Keywords: nectar; foraging experience; rob nectar; nectar robbing ... See more keywords
Sown wildflower strips offer promising long term results for butterfly conservation
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DOI: 10.1007/s10841-021-00347-2
Abstract: Flower-feeding insects are declining due to the loss of floral resources. The EU Grassland Butterfly Index underlined a decrease in abundance of 39% between 1990 and 2017. In Northwest Europe, land use intensification is the… read more here.
Keywords: wildflower strips; nectar; long term; conservation ... See more keywords
Flagellum Removal by a Nectar Metabolite Inhibits Infectivity of a Bumblebee Parasite
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.08.037
Abstract: Plant phytochemicals can act as natural "medicines" for animals against parasites [1-3]. Some nectar metabolites, for example, reduce parasite infections in bees [4-7]. Declining plant diversity through anthropogenic landscape change [8-11] could reduce the availability… read more here.
Keywords: plant; nectar; parasite flagellum; bombi ... See more keywords
Nectar bacteria stimulate pollen germination and bursting to enhance microbial fitness
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.07.016
Abstract: Many organisms consume pollen, yet mechanisms of its digestion remain a fundamental enigma in pollination biology,1-3 as pollen is protected by a recalcitrant outer shell.4-8 Pollen is commonly found in floral nectar,9,10 as are nectar… read more here.
Keywords: germination; nectar; biology; pollen germination ... See more keywords
Dynamics of a plant-nectar-pollinator model and its approximate equations.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.mbs.2018.12.001
Abstract: This paper studies effect of nectar on pollination-mutualisms. By rigorous analysis on a plant-nectar-pollinator model, we demonstrate mechanisms by which the decay rate of nectar, the nectar-consumption rate by pollinator and the nectar-production rate by… read more here.
Keywords: pollinator; nectar; rate; pollination mutualisms ... See more keywords
The Genetic Control of Nectary Development.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2020.11.002
Abstract: Nectar is the most important reward offered by flowering plants to pollinators for pollination services. Since pollinator decline has emerged as a major threat for agriculture, and the food demand is growing globally, studying the… read more here.
Keywords: control nectary; nectar; control; nectary development ... See more keywords
Nicotine in floral nectar pharmacologically influences bumblebee learning of floral features
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-01980-1
Abstract: Many plants defend themselves against herbivores by chemical deterrents in their tissues and the presence of such substances in floral nectar means that pollinators often encounter them when foraging. The effect of such substances on… read more here.
Keywords: floral nectar; nicotine floral; nectar; pharmacologically influences ... See more keywords
Convergent evolution of a blood-red nectar pigment in vertebrate-pollinated flowers
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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2114420119
Abstract: Significance Beyond sugars, many types of nectar solutes play important ecological roles; however, the molecular basis for the diversity of nectar composition across species is less explored. One rare trait among flowering plants is the… read more here.
Keywords: nectar; pigment; red nectar; blood red ... See more keywords