Posts Tagged: Ecology Letters
Surprising Research Results: What the Microbes in Nectar Revealed
It's surprising what the microbes in nectar can reveal. Take the nectar of the sticky...
Researchers studied the microbes in the nectar of the sticky monkeyflower, Mimulus auranticus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A Surprising Find in Nectar Microbes: Increased Dispersal Can Actually Increase Diversity
DAVIS--Contrary to popular assumption, “increased dispersal among habitats can actually...
Researchers examined the microbial communities inhabiting the nectar of the sticky monkeyflower, Mimulus auranticus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of sticky monkeyflower, Mimulus auranticus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bring on the Tourists!
It's a case of a sticky situation benefitting a plant. Or more precisely, dead fruit flies or...
Assassin bug. Pselliopus spinicollis, feeding on dead Drosophila. (Photo by Sam Beck)
Caterpillar, Heliothodes diminutiva, feeding on tarweed flower. (Photo by Sam Beck)