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Behavioural evidence for self-medication in bumblebees?
The presence of antimicrobial secondary metabolites in nectar suggests that pollinators, which are threatened globally by emergent disease, may benefit from the consumption of nectars rich in these metabolites. We tested whether nicotine, a nectar secondary metabolite common in Solanaceae and Tilia...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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F1000Research
2015
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4406194/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25949807 http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.6262.3 |