The dual role of floral traits: Pollinator attraction and plant defense

By Rebecca E. Irwin, L. S. Adler, A. K. Brody. 2004

217 citations recorded by the source corpus.

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

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In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

1. N. E. Raine
2. P. Willmer
3. S. Potts
4. G. Stone
5. Mick E. Hanleya
6. Christine M. Raffertyb
7. Meredith M. Fairbanksb
8. Byron B. Lamontb

In Nature and Landscape Conservation

1. S. Potts
2. P. Willmer
3. G. Stone
4. Kate S E Henson
5. N. E. Raine
6. I. Giladi
7. S. Koptur
8. R. Dukas

In Plant Science

1. S. Potts
2. P. Willmer
3. N. E. Raine
4. Kate S E Henson
5. G. Stone
6. S. Koptur
7. R. Dukas
8. Yuria Cardel

Citations in the corpus

• Choosing benefits or partners: a review of the evidence for the evolution of myrmecochory (2006, background): “…(i.e. seed-dispersing ants) while avoiding antagonists (here, seed predators or low quality dispersers) is a common one for prospective mutualists (Irwin et al. 2004 for interactions between flowering plants, pollinators, and nectar robbers), and the diversity of ‘‘solutions’’ to this problem…”
• Bumblebee Preadators Reduce Pollinator Density and Plant Fitness (2005, background): “Examples include studies examining the effects of pollinators’ predators, seed predators, and herbivores on floral traits (Dukas 2001b, Galen and Cuba 2001, Brown 2002, Adler and Bronstein 2004, Irwin et al. 2004).”
• Plant structural traits and their role in anti-herbivore defence (2007, background): “Despite the obvious detrimental effects that damage to floral tissues might have on plant fitness, the mechanisms by which plants resist floral herbivores are poorly understood (Irwin et al., 2004).”
• Effects of Florivory on the Pollination of Flowers: An Experimental Field Study with a Perennial Plant (2010, background): “The butterfly pea is distributed from the southern United States to the northern regions of South America (Isely 1990).”
• Floral volatiles controlling ant behaviour (2009, background): “Floral volatile signals clearly have multiple functions as do all floral traits ( Irwin, Adler & Brody 2004 ), including attracting pollinators, deterring casual visitors or thieves, and sometimes the specific deterrence of ants.”