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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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Autores principales: Bodden, Jonah M, Hazlehurst, Jenny A, Wilson Rankin, Erin E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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

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