Nectar bacteria, but not yeast, weaken a plant - Pollinator mutualism

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1752, 2013, Pages

  Vannette, Rachel L ^a   Gauthier, Marie Pierre L ^a   Fukami, Tadashi ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical ecology; Hummingbird pollination; Microbial ecology; Mutualism breakdown

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIRD; CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; DICOTYLEDON; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; MUTUALISM; NECTAR; ORNITHOPHILY; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; SHRUB; YEAST;

EID: 84870824586     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.2601     Document Type: Article

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