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Luis Y Santiago-Rosario1,2, Juan A Santiago-Rosario3, Emilie C Snell-Rood1
1Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior University of Minnesota St. Paul Minnesota USA.
Ecology and Evolution
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Abstract:
We document honeybees collecting latex from breadfruit in Puerto Rico, a rare interaction that reveals how plant chemical diversity can shape bee foraging behavior, plant-insect dynamics, and evolutionary trajectories highlighting the role of nonnative species in driving eco-evolutionary change in tropical ecosystems.

