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Floral Nectar Guide Patterns Discourage Nectar Robbing by Bumble Bees

Floral displays are under selection to both attract pollinators and deter antagonists. Here we show that a common floral trait, a nectar guide pattern, alters the behavior of bees that can act opportunistically as both pollinators and as antagonists. Generally, bees access nectar via the floral limb...

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Autores principales: Leonard, Anne S., Brent, Joshua, Papaj, Daniel R., Dornhaus, Anna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3572167/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23418475
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0055914