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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...
Autores principales: | Leonard, Anne S., Brent, Joshua, Papaj, Daniel R., Dornhaus, Anna |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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