Do flowers with specialized morphologies produce more nectar and pollen?
Our findings suggest that visual signals associated with specialized flowers indicate nectar production, but not pollen rewards. Other visual and chemical family-specific floral displays potentially advertise pollen availability to pollinators. We propose experiments to test whether nectar foragers indeed use flower depth and symmetry as combined signals that guide their choices of nectar sources.
Authors
- Tamar Keasar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4925-0823)
- Levona Bodner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9758-2489)
Institutions
- Oranim Academic College of Education (IL)
- University of Haifa (IL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- American Journal of Botany
- Published
- 2025-11-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.70125
- Primary Topic
- Plant and animal studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Israel Science Foundation
- University of Haifa