Ecological costs and benefits of defenses in nectar

The nectar of many plant species contains defensive compounds that have been hypothesized to benefit plants through a variety of mechanisms. However, the relationship between nectar defenses and plant fitness has not been established for any species. We experimentally manipulated gelsemine, the prin...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Ecology (Durham) 2005-11, Vol.86 (11), p.2968-2978
Hauptverfasser:	Adler, Lynn S., Irwin, Rebecca E.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Alkalinity Alkaloids Animal and plant ecology Animal, plant and microbial ecology Apoidea Applied ecology Biological and medical sciences Carolina jessamine costs and benefits Dyes Ecotoxicology, biological effects of pollution female plant fitness females Flowers Flowers & plants Fruits Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology gelsemine Gelsemium sempervirens General aspects male plant fitness Nectar nectar defense nectar plants nectar robbing phytotoxins Plant ecology plant fitness plant pests Plant reproduction Plants Pollen Pollinating insects pollination resistance mechanisms Robbers secondary compounds toxic nectar
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