Evolución mediada por la cognición de néctares florales de baja calidad

Vladislav Nachev1,2, Kai Petra Stich2, Clemens Winter3

  • 1Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|January 7, 2017
PubMed
Resumen

Los colibríes y las plantas polinizadas por murciélagos desarrollaron néctar diluido, desafiando las preferencias de los animales por el azúcar concentrado. Esta paradoja evolutiva se explica por la disminución de los rendimientos en el valor del néctar, especialmente bajo una alta competencia.

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