Article
On the horizon for nectar-related research
American Journal of Botany
(2021)
Abstract
The relationship between flowering plant nectars and interacting animals is fundamental to plant fitness, shaping macroevolutionary and macroecological patterns of trait and community diversity. Researchers are addressing broad-ranging questions that encompass community and microbiome assembly, evolutionary patterns and processes, nectar biochemistry, and nectary and nectar spur development. In light of the interdisciplinary nature of nectar-related research, here we focus on questions that are on the horizon—where the tools and models are emerging and where integration and collaboration across research specialization is likely to facilitate discovery.
Keywords
- nectar,
- nectary,
- pollinators
Disciplines
Publication Date
Fall October 12, 2021
Citation Information
Rahul Roy, Irene Liao and Lena C. Hileman. "On the horizon for nectar-related research" American Journal of Botany (2021) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/rahul_roy/17/