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_id: '5680'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: Pollinators display a remarkable diversity of foraging strategies with flowering
    plants, from primarily mutualistic interactions to cheating through nectar robbery.
    Despite numerous studies on the effect of nectar robbing on components of plant
    fitness, its contribution to reproductive isolation is unclear. We experimentally
    tested the impact of different pollinator strategies in a natural hybrid zone
    between two subspecies of Antirrhinum majus with alternate flower colour guides.
    On either side of a steep cline in flower colour between Antirrhinum majus pseudomajus
    (magenta) and A. m. striatum (yellow), we quantified the behaviour of all floral
    visitors at different time points during the flowering season. Using long-run
    camera surveys, we quantify the impact of nectar robbing on the number of flowers
    visited per inflorescence and the flower probing time. We further experimentally
    tested the effect of nectar robbing on female reproductive success by manipulating
    the intensity of robbing. While robbing increased over time the number of legitimate
    visitors tended to decrease concomitantly. We found that the number of flowers
    pollinated on a focal inflorescence decreased with the number of prior robbing
    events. However, in the manipulative experiment, fruit set and fruit volume did
    not vary significantly between low robbing and control treatments. Our findings
    challenge the idea that robbers have a negative impact on plant fitness through
    female function. This study also adds to our understanding of the components of
    pollinator-mediated reproductive isolation and the maintenance of Antirrhinum
    hybrid zones.
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author:
- first_name: Christophe
  full_name: Andalo, Christophe
  last_name: Andalo
- first_name: Monique
  full_name: Burrus, Monique
  last_name: Burrus
- first_name: Sandrine
  full_name: Paute, Sandrine
  last_name: Paute
- first_name: Christine
  full_name: Lauzeral, Christine
  last_name: Lauzeral
- first_name: David
  full_name: Field, David
  id: 419049E2-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Field
  orcid: 0000-0002-4014-8478
citation:
  ama: Andalo C, Burrus M, Paute S, Lauzeral C, Field D. Prevalence of legitimate
    pollinators and nectar robbers and the consequences for fruit set in an Antirrhinum
    majus hybrid zone. <i>Botany Letters</i>. 2019;166(1):80-92. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/23818107.2018.1545142">10.1080/23818107.2018.1545142</a>
  apa: Andalo, C., Burrus, M., Paute, S., Lauzeral, C., &#38; Field, D. (2019). Prevalence
    of legitimate pollinators and nectar robbers and the consequences for fruit set
    in an Antirrhinum majus hybrid zone. <i>Botany Letters</i>. Taylor and Francis.
    <a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/23818107.2018.1545142">https://doi.org/10.1080/23818107.2018.1545142</a>
  chicago: Andalo, Christophe, Monique Burrus, Sandrine Paute, Christine Lauzeral,
    and David Field. “Prevalence of Legitimate Pollinators and Nectar Robbers and
    the Consequences for Fruit Set in an Antirrhinum Majus Hybrid Zone.” <i>Botany
    Letters</i>. Taylor and Francis, 2019. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/23818107.2018.1545142">https://doi.org/10.1080/23818107.2018.1545142</a>.
  ieee: C. Andalo, M. Burrus, S. Paute, C. Lauzeral, and D. Field, “Prevalence of
    legitimate pollinators and nectar robbers and the consequences for fruit set in
    an Antirrhinum majus hybrid zone,” <i>Botany Letters</i>, vol. 166, no. 1. Taylor
    and Francis, pp. 80–92, 2019.
  ista: Andalo C, Burrus M, Paute S, Lauzeral C, Field D. 2019. Prevalence of legitimate
    pollinators and nectar robbers and the consequences for fruit set in an Antirrhinum
    majus hybrid zone. Botany Letters. 166(1), 80–92.
  mla: Andalo, Christophe, et al. “Prevalence of Legitimate Pollinators and Nectar
    Robbers and the Consequences for Fruit Set in an Antirrhinum Majus Hybrid Zone.”
    <i>Botany Letters</i>, vol. 166, no. 1, Taylor and Francis, 2019, pp. 80–92, doi:<a
    href="https://doi.org/10.1080/23818107.2018.1545142">10.1080/23818107.2018.1545142</a>.
  short: C. Andalo, M. Burrus, S. Paute, C. Lauzeral, D. Field, Botany Letters 166
    (2019) 80–92.
date_created: 2018-12-16T22:59:20Z
date_published: 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2025-07-10T11:52:54Z
day: '01'
department:
- _id: NiBa
doi: 10.1080/23818107.2018.1545142
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intvolume: '       166'
isi: 1
issue: '1'
language:
- iso: eng
month: '01'
oa_version: None
page: 80-92
publication: Botany Letters
publication_identifier:
  eissn:
  - 2381-8115
  issn:
  - 2381-8107
publication_status: published
publisher: Taylor and Francis
quality_controlled: '1'
scopus_import: '1'
status: public
title: Prevalence of legitimate pollinators and nectar robbers and the consequences
  for fruit set in an Antirrhinum majus hybrid zone
type: journal_article
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volume: 166
year: '2019'
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