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Ambient Temperature Influences Australian Native Stingless Bee (Trigona carbonaria) Preference for Warm Nectar

The interaction between flowers and insect pollinators is an important aspect of the reproductive mechanisms of many plant species. Several laboratory and field studies indicate that raising flower temperature above ambient can be an advantage in attracting pollinators. Here we demonstrate that this...

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Autores principales: Norgate, Melanie, Boyd-Gerny, Skye, Simonov, Vera, Rosa, Marcello G. P., Heard, Tim A., Dyer, Adrian G.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2918494/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20711250
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0012000