Distasteful Nectar Deters Floral Robbery

Current Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 16, 2017, Pages 2552-2558.e3

  Barlow, Sarah E ^a   Wright, Geraldine A ^b   Ma, Carolyn ^b   Barberis, Marta ^c   Farrell, Iain W ^a   Marr, Emily C ^d   Brankin, Alice ^a   Pavlik, Bruce M ^e   Stevenson, Philip C ^a,f  

^a ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aconitum; alkaloids; Bombus; bumblebees; chemical defense; nectar larceny; nectar toxin; Rana automated monitoring; specialized pollinators

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID;

ACONITE; ANIMAL; BEE; CHEMISTRY; ENGLAND; NECTAR; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TASTE;

ACONITUM; ALKALOIDS; ANIMALS; BEES; ENGLAND; PLANT NECTAR; POLLINATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TASTE PERCEPTION;

EID: 85028358977     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.07.012     Document Type: Article

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