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Floral Traits Predict Frequency of Defecation on Flowers by Foraging Bumble Bees
Flowers may become inoculated with pathogens that can infect bees and other critical pollinators, but the mechanisms of inoculation remain unclear. During foraging, bees may regurgitate or defecate directly onto flower parts, which could inoculate flowers with pollinator pathogens and lead to subseq...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6937503/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31557288 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/iez091 |