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Defensive functions and potential ecological conflicts of floral stickiness

Stickiness of vegetative tissues has evolved multiple times in different plant families but is rare and understudied in flowers. While stickiness in general is thought to function primarily as a defense against herbivores, it may compromise mutualistic interactions (such as those with pollinators) i...

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Autores principales: Chautá, Alexander, Kumar, Arvind, Mejia, Jesica, Stashenko, Elena E., Kessler, André
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9674602/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36400941
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-23261-2