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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Filella I
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3852139 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Scientific reports 20131205
Plant-pollinator systems may be considered as biological markets in which pollinators choose between different flowers that advertise their nectar/pollen rewards. Although expected to play a major role in structuring plant-pollinator interactions, community-wide patterns of flower scent signals remain largely unexplored. Here we show for the first time that scent advertisement is higher in plant species that bloom early in the flowering period when pollinators are scarce relative to flowers than ...[more]