Why are flowers sweeter than fruits or buds? Variation in extrafloral nectar secretion throughout the floral ontogeny of a myrmecophile

Autor:	Nora Villamil
Rok vydání:	2017
Předmět:	0106 biological sciences Turnera velutina Anthesis Pollinator Ontogeny Botany Nectar Nectar secretion Biology 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics 010606 plant biology & botany
Zdroj:	Biotropica. 49:581-585
ISSN:	0006-3606
Popis:	Extrafloral nectar provision during floral ontogeny in ant-plants has not been widely studied. Extrafloral nectar secretion differed between leaves associated with buds, flowers, and fruits, and peaked during anthesis when pollinators were present. This ontogenetic variation may result from mixed selective pressures involving strategies for defense and mutualist management.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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