进化生态学：当传粉者也是食草动物时。

Evolutionary ecology: when pollinators are also herbivores.

机构信息

Department of Biology, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, USA.

出版信息

Curr Biol. 2010 Feb 9;20(3):R100-1. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.12.005.

DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2009.12.005

PMID:20144766

Abstract

Plants often face a dilemma in attracting mutualists versus deterring antagonists. This dilemma may be exceptionally challenging when the mutualist and antagonist are the same visitor. It has now been demonstrated how plants can resolve this conflict through a novel change in flowering traits.

摘要

植物在吸引共生体与防止拮抗体方面常常面临两难境地。当共生体和拮抗体是同一访客时，这种困境可能特别具有挑战性。现在已经证明，植物可以通过花朵特征的一种新变化来解决这种冲突。