Changes in floral nectar are unlikely adaptive responses to pollinator flight sound.

Pyke, Graham H; Ren, Zong-Xin; Trunschke, Judith; Lunau, Klaus; Wang, Hong

Pyke, Graham H; Ren, Zong-Xin; Trunschke, Judith; Lunau, Klaus; Wang, Hong.

Afiliação

Pyke GH; Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, CN-650201, Kunming, China.
Ren ZX; Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Ryde, NSW, 2109, Australia.
Trunschke J; Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, CN-650201, Kunming, China.
Lunau K; Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, CN-650201, Kunming, China.
Wang H; Institute of Sensory Ecology, Heinrich-Heine-University, Dusseldorf, Germany.

Ecol Lett ; 23(9): 1421-1422, 2020 Sep.

Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32578293

ABSTRACT

ABSTRACT

Under noiseless experimental conditions, sugar concentration of secreted floral nectar may increase after flower exposure to nearby sounds of pollinator flight (Veits et al. 2019). However, we reject the argument that this represents adaptive plant behaviour, and consider that the appealing analogy between a flower and human ear is unjustified.

Assuntos

Néctar de Plantas; Polinização; Flores; Plantas; Som

Palavras-chave

Evolution; floral nectar production; nectar sugar concentration; plant adaptation; pollinator behaviour; pollinator flight sound

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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Polinização / Néctar de Plantas Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2020 Tipo de documento: Article

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