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The effect of nectar guides on pollinator preference: experimental studies with a montane herb

Authors: Waser, N. M.ORCID; Price, M. V.ORCID
Year: 1985
Journal: Oecologia, Vol. 67, pp. 121-126
Publisher: UNKNOWN
DOI: 10.1007/bf00378462
Keywords: ANIMAL BEHAVIOR, NECTAR GUIDES, POLLINATION BIOLOGY, RMBL

Abstract

In all of 16 experimental replicates discrimination against albinos was reduced or eliminated after painting, and albino handling times declined toward values for blue-flowered inflorescences, indicating that an inferior nectar guide increases the energetic cost of foraging at albino.

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