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Nectar Theft and Floral Ant-Repellence: A Link between Nectar Volume and Ant-Repellent Traits?
As flower visitors, ants rarely benefit a plant. They are poor pollinators, and can also disrupt pollination by deterring other flower visitors, or by stealing nectar. Some plant species therefore possess floral ant-repelling traits. But why do particular species have such traits when others do not?...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3430612/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22952793 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0043869 |