Constraints on plant signals and rewards to multiple mutualists?
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Plant size and reproductive state affect the quantity and quality of rewards to animal mutualists
1. Many plants engage ants in defensive mutualisms by offering extrafloral nectar (EFN). Identifying sources of variation in EFN quantity (amount) and quality (composition) is important because they can affect ant visitation and identity and hence effectiveness of plant defence. 2. I investigated plant size and reproductive state (vegetative or flowering) as sources of variation in EFN quantity...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Plant Signaling & Behavior
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1559-2324
DOI: 10.4161/psb.4.9.9483