Proboscis curling in a pollinator causes extensive pollen movement and loss
Proboscis curling in a pollinator causes extensive pollen movement and loss
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DOI：
10.1111/een.13105
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发表时间：
2021-11
影响因子：
2.2
通讯作者：
Gordon P. Smith;G. Davidowitz;R. Raguso;J. Bronstein
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作者：
Gordon P. Smith;G. Davidowitz;R. Raguso;J. Bronstein
1.精确地将花粉放置在访花者身上可以改善花粉的转移，但在许多植物物种中，花粉被沉积在长舌昆虫的柔性喙上。这些喙在开花访问之间卷曲和不卷曲，可能导致花粉丢失或移位。由于长舌卷曲导致的花粉移动和损失率，以及长舌昆虫作为传粉者的潜在质量，都是未知的。
1. Precise pollen placement on floral visitors can improve pollen transfer, but in many plant species, pollen is deposited onto the flexible proboscises of long‐tongued insects. These proboscises are curled and uncurled between floral visits, potentially causing pollen to be lost or displaced. Rates of pollen movement and loss resulting from proboscis curling, and hence the potential quality of long‐tongued insects as pollinators, are unknown.