Claim · model-written summary
Floral nectar had lower iridoid glycoside concentrations than leaves, pollen and corollas.
Chelone glabraVerbatim
e0“the bee pollinated plant, Chelone glabra”
e1“floral nectar had lower iridoid glycoside concentrations than leaves, pollen, and corollas”
Title
Nectar chemistry mediates the behavior of parasitized bees: consequences for plant fitness
Leif L. Richardson; M. Deane Bowers; Rebecca E. Irwin Ecology 2015. doi:10.1890/15-0263.1
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Association The relative ratio of aucubin and catalpol was reversed in nectar compared with other plant parts.
- Association Whether bees carried parasitoid fly larvae did not affect their response to nectar chemistry.
- Association Bees infected with a protozoan parasite foraged longer at flowers with high than with low nectar iridoid glycoside concentrations.
- Association Parasitized bees were more likely to return to inflorescences with high iridoid glycoside nectar.
- Association Flowers with high iridoid glycoside nectar donated significantly more pollen to conspecific stigmas than flowers with low iridoid glycoside nectar.
- Association High iridoid glycoside nectar suggests an increase in male plant fitness.
- Mechanism Nectar secondary metabolites can mediate the behavior of pollinators, with benefits for estimates of plant reproduction.