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How scent and nectar influence floral antagonists and mutualists

Many plants attract and reward pollinators with floral scents and nectar, respectively, but these traits can also incur fitness costs as they also attract herbivores. This dilemma, common to most flowering plants, could be solved by not producing nectar and/or scent, thereby cheating pollinators. Bo...

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Autores principales: Kessler, Danny, Kallenbach, Mario, Diezel, Celia, Rothe, Eva, Murdock, Mark, Baldwin, Ian T
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4530224/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26132861
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.07641