花的花蜜变化不太可能是对传粉者飞行声的适应反应。

Changes in floral nectar are unlikely adaptive responses to pollinator flight sound.

机构信息

Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, CN-650201, Kunming, China.

Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Ryde, NSW, 2109, Australia.

出版信息

Ecol Lett. 2020 Sep;23(9):1421-1422. doi: 10.1111/ele.13403. Epub 2020 Jun 23.

DOI:10.1111/ele.13403

PMID:32578293

Abstract

Under noiseless experimental conditions, sugar concentration of secreted floral nectar may increase after flower exposure to nearby sounds of pollinator flight (Veits et al. 2019). However, we reject the argument that this represents adaptive plant behaviour, and consider that the appealing analogy between a flower and human ear is unjustified.

摘要

在无声实验条件下，花朵暴露于附近传粉者飞行的声音后，分泌的花蜜糖浓度可能会增加（Veits 等人，2019 年）。然而，我们反对这种说法，认为这代表了植物的适应性行为，并认为将花与人类耳朵进行类比是不合理的。