Plants, inflorescences, flowers, fruits, pollinators, and nectar robbers of Thunia alba.

Compare the proportion of the robbed flowers between the intact treatment and the removed bract treatment. P-values are given.

Compare the visiting behavior of Bombus breviceps between the intact treatment and the removed bract treatment.

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The conspicuously large #Bracts influence #ReproductiveSuccess in #ThuniaAlba (Orchidaceae)

#Pollinator | #NectarRobbery | #BombusBreviceps

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Plants, inflorescences, flowers, fruits, pollinators, and nectar robbers of Thunia alba.

Shi-Mao Wu et al. experimentally removed the bracts of Thunia alba and record the changes in visiting behavior of mutualistic pollinators, and found that the conspicuously large bracts influence reproductive success in Thunia alba.
#Bract #ThuniaAlba #BombusBreviceps
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