Honeybees Collecting Latex From Breadfruit ( <i>Artocarpus altilis</i> ) in Puerto Rico Reveal a Novel Interaction With Broad Eco‐Evolutionary Implications
We document honeybees collecting latex from breadfruit in Puerto Rico, a rare interaction that reveals how plant chemical diversity can shape bee foraging behavior, plant-insect dynamics, and evolutionary trajectories highlighting the role of nonnative species in driving eco-evolutionary change in tropical ecosystems.
Authors
- Emilie C. Snell‐Rood (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2972-5895)
- Luis Y. Santiago‐Rosario (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5403-5650)
- Juan A. Santiago‐Rosario
Institutions
- Universidad Mayor (CL)
- University of Minnesota (US)
- InterAmerican University of Puerto Rico (PR)
- American University of Puerto Rico (PR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Ecology and Evolution
- Published
- 2025-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.72647
- Primary Topic
- Plant and animal studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Science Foundation