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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Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2021-03-01
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Series: | Plants |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/10/3/507 |