Does acoustic priming 'sweeten the pot' of floral nectar?


Journal

Ecology letters
ISSN: 1461-0248
Titre abrégé: Ecol Lett
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101121949

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Oct 2020
Historique:
received: 30 08 2019
revised: 30 09 2019
accepted: 20 12 2019
pubmed: 25 6 2020
medline: 26 9 2020
entrez: 25 6 2020
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

A recent claim that evening primrose flowers adaptively secrete nectar in response to vibrations from hovering bees lacks supporting evidence. The authors fail to demonstrate that bees can access the concealed nectar and that their visits enhance plant fitness. Reanalysis of the authors' data raises additional concerns about their conclusions.

Identifiants

pubmed: 32578283
doi: 10.1111/ele.13490
doi:

Substances chimiques

Plant Nectar 0

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

1550-1552

Informations de copyright

© 2020 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

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Auteurs

Robert A Raguso (RA)

Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA.

Lawrence D Harder (LD)

Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4, Canada.

Steven D Johnson (SD)

Centre for Functional Biodiversity, School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X01, Scottsville, Pietermaritzburg, 3209, South Africa.

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