Nectar microbes can reduce secondary metabolites in nectar and alter effects on nectar consumption by pollinators.

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• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  Ecology

• Publication date

  2016-06-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1890/15-0858.1PMID 27459772
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