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CURRENT OPINION IN INSECT SCIENCE
卷 44, 期 -, 页码 16-22出版社
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2020.10.003
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- National Science Foundation [IOS-1755096]
- United States Department of Agriculture [NIFA 2018-67014-27543]
Integrating floral microbial ecology and pollinator behavior can provide insights into how pollinators respond to microbial-altered floral phenotypes, helping to predict microbial dispersal within plant communities. Behavior plays a key role in connecting microbial changes in floral phenotype to downstream effects on both microbial dispersal and plant fitness.
Pollinator foraging decisions shape microbial dispersal, and microbes change floral phenotypes in ways perceivable by pollinators. Yet, the role microbes play in the cognitive ecology of pollination is relatively unexplored. Reviewing recent literature on floral microbial ecology and pollinator behavior, we advocate for further integration between these two fields. Insights into pollinator learning, memory, and decision-making can help explain their responses to microbially-altered floral phenotypes. Specifically, considering how pollinators forage for multiple nutrients, cope with uncertainty, structure foraging bouts, and move through their environment could inform predictions about microbial dispersal within plant communities. We highlight how behavior connects microbial changes in floral phenotype to downstream effects on both microbial dispersal and plant fitness.
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