Pollinator sex matters in competition and coexistence of co-flowering plants

Abstract Male and female pollinators often exhibit sex-specific preferences for visiting different flowers. Recent studies have shown that these preferences play an important role in shaping the network structure of pollination mutualism, but little is known about how they can mediate plant-plant in...

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Main Authors: Takefumi Nakazawa, Shigeki Kishi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-03-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-31671-z