The ecological significance of toxic nectar

By L. S. Adler. 2000

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science

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Nutritional aspects of non-prey foods in the life histories of predaceous Coccinellidae (2009, background): “These secondary chemicals (which include phenolics, alkaloids, glycosides, saponins, non-protein amino acids, alcohols, and ammonia) deter or intoxicate many insects, play an important part in keeping pollinators that have adapted to feed on them loyal, and generally increase the likelihood of succe”
Effects of pyrrolizidine alkaloids through different trophic levels (2011, unknown): “The presence of PAs in the nectar would imply that such nectar might be toxic to non-adapted visitors ( Adler 2000 ).”
Plant secondary metabolites in nectar: impacts on pollinators and ecological functions (2017, background): “Pollinators impose selection pressure on plants, especially on floral traits, so it is reasonable to expect that pollination and chemical defence may not have always evolved independently (Adler 2001; Campbell 2015).”
Nectar as food for birds: the physiological consequences of drinking dilute sugar solutions (2003, unknown): “‘‘Toxic’’ substances The ecological significance of toxic nectar has recently been reviewed by Adler (2000).”
Floral scents repel potentially nectar-thieving ants (2008, background): “However, the nectar of some plants contains substances that deter ants and other flower visitors (Adler, 2000; Kessler and Baldwin, 2006).”
Pollen‐host specificity and evolutionary patterns of host switching in a clade of specialist bees (Apoidea: Diadasia) (2005, background): “Flowers have volatile chemicals that may not only serve as general attractants for bees, but may also be used in host recognition by oligolectic bees. These chemicals may play key roles in host choice evolution. Menken & Roessingh (1998) described a conceptual model by which the evolution of insect–”
FAST FOOD FOR SLOW LORISES: IS LOW METABOLISM RELATED TO SECONDARY COMPOUNDS IN HIGH-ENERGY PLANT DIET? (2006, background): “Even floral nectars can contain toxic constituents (Adler 2000; Baker 1978).”
COMPETITION FOR COMPOSITION: LESSONS FROM NECTAR-FEEDING ANT COMMUNITIES (2004, background): “In the generation since Herbert and Irene Baker's pioneering studies of nectar composition (Baker and Baker 1973, 1975), pollination biologists have embraced the idea that floral nectars are more than sugar solutions (reviewed by Bentley and Elias 1983, Adler 2000, Gardener and Gillman 2002).”
Learning about aposematic prey (2016, background): “…warning signals are more informative about toxin content, or because ingesting toxins from prey are more damaging to predators because they have specifically evolved as a deterrent whereas toxins in nectar may be a by-product of defenses against herbivory (Rhoades and Bergdahl 1981; Adler 2000).”
Beyond nectar sweetness: the hidden ecological role of non‐protein amino acids in nectar (2014, background): “According to this latter theory, toxic compounds encourage foraging by specialist pollinators, while deterring visits by erratic or undesirable (nectar thieves) insects that either deliver less or no intraspecific pollen (Adler 2000; Manson et al. 2013).”
Start making scents: the challenge of integrating chemistry into pollination ecology (2008, background): “Andrews ES, Theis N & Adler LS (2007) Pollinator and herbivore”
ECOLOGICAL COSTS AND BENEFITS OF DEFENSES IN NECTAR (2005, unknown): “Secondary compounds in nectar are widespread (Baker 1977, Adler 2000); however, the relationship between these compounds and plant fitness has remained poorly understood.”
Floral volatiles controlling ant behaviour (2009, background): “Preliminary suggestions that antrepellent floral nectar might be widespread (Janzen 1977) are now discounted (Feinsinger & Swarm 1978; and discussion in Junker, Chung & Blu¨ thgen 2007), although occasional examples occur (see Adler 2000 ).”
Chemistry of floral rewards: intra- and interspecific variability of nectar and pollen secondary metabolites across taxa (2018, background): “…in floral rewards may 115 reflect pleiotropic consequences of natural selection for greater defense of leaves or flowers 116 against herbivores (Adler 2000), or of artificial selection for lower secondary compound 117 concentrations in the edible parts of cultivated plants (Wink 1988).”