Evolutionary and Ecological Considerations on Nectar-Mediated Tripartite Interactions in Angiosperms and Their Relevance in the Mediterranean Basin

The Mediterranean basin hosts a high diversity of plants and bees, and it is considered one of the world’s biodiversity hotspots. Insect pollination, i.e., pollen transfer from male reproductive structures to conspecific female ones, was classically thought to be a mutualistic relationship that link...

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Main Authors: Massimo Nepi, Daniele Calabrese, Massimo Guarnieri, Emanuele Giordano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-03-01
Series:Plants
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/10/3/507