Increased sugar concentration in response to a wide range of pollinator sounds can be adaptive for the plant: answer to Raguso et al

Marine Veits, Itzhak Khait, Arjan Boonman, Gayl Sharabi, Yuval Sapir, Yossi Yovel, Lilach Hadany*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

In Veits et al., we showed that flowers respond to a range of pollinator sounds by increased nectar sugar concentration. Here we clarify that (1) our argument is relevant to most pollinators, and not limited to bees (2) specifically, bees do access Oenothera Drumondii nectar in this area.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1553-1554
Number of pages2
JournalEcology Letters
Volume23
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Oct 2020

Keywords

  • Bees
  • communication
  • nectar
  • plant bioacoustics
  • plant-pollinator interactions
  • pollination
  • signalling
  • sugar concentration

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