Microbial signatures of vertebrate visitation in floral nectar: a case study with two endemic Aotearoa New Zealand plant species

Invasive rats consuming mountain flax nectar – resource competitors and possible pollinators?

(2022) Marion Donald et al.   NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Potential effects of nectar microbes on pollinator health

(2022) Valerie N. Martin et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Nectar resources affect bird‐dispersed microbial metacommunities in suburban and rural gardens

(2022) Marion L. Donald et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Plant-associated Bacillus mobilizes its secondary metabolites upon perception of the siderophore pyochelin produced by a Pseudomonas competitor

(2022) Sofija Andrić et al.   ISME Journal

Effects of pollen and nectar inoculation by yeasts, bacteria or both on bumblebee colony development

(2021) María I. Pozo et al.   OECOLOGIA

Linked networks reveal dual roles of insect dispersal and species sorting for bacterial communities in flowers

(2021) Ash T. Zemenick et al.   OIKOS

The role of plant–pollinator interactions in structuring nectar microbial communities

(2021) Clara Vega et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Microbial abundance, composition, and function in nectar are shaped by flower visitor identity

(2020) Megan M Morris et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

The Floral Microbiome: Plant, Pollinator, and Microbial Perspectives

(2020) Rachel L. Vannette   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Integrating microbes into pollination

(2020) Nevin P. Cullen et al.   Current Opinion in Insect Science

Microbial communities in hummingbird feeders are distinct from floral nectar and influenced by bird visitation

(2019) Casie Lee et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Associative learning of flowers by generalist bumble bees can be mediated by microbes on the petals

(2019) Avery L Russell et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Microbial metabolites elicit distinct olfactory and gustatory preferences in bumblebees

(2019) Robert N. Schaeffer et al.   Biology Letters

The impact of yeast presence in nectar on bumble bee behavior and fitness

(2019) María I. Pozo et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Global importance of vertebrate pollinators for plant reproductive success: a meta-analysis

(2018) Fabrizia Ratto et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Legitimate visitors and nectar robbers of Aquilegia formosa have different effects on nectar bacterial communities

(2018) Ash T. Zemenick et al.   Ecosphere

Priority effects can persist across floral generations in nectar microbial metacommunities

(2017) Hirokazu Toju et al.   OIKOS

Bacillus: A Biological Tool for Crop Improvement through Bio-Molecular Changes in Adverse Environments

(2017) Ramalingam Radhakrishnan et al.   Frontiers in Physiology

Consequences of a nectar yeast for pollinator preference and performance

(2016) Robert N. Schaeffer et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Safeguarding pollinators and their values to human well-being

(2016) Simon G. Potts et al.   NATURE

Alcohol discrimination and preferences in two species of nectar-feeding primate

(2016) Samuel R. Gochman et al.   Royal Society Open Science

Historical Contingency in Community Assembly: Integrating Niches, Species Pools, and Priority Effects

(2015) Tadashi Fukami   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Microbial communities on flower surfaces act as signatures of pollinator visitation

(2015) Masayuki Ushio et al.   Scientific Reports

Density-dependent negative responses by bumblebees to bacteria isolated from flowers

(2014) Robert R. Junker et al.   APIDOLOGIE

Yeasts in nectar enhance male fitness in a montane perennial herb

(2014) Robert N. Schaeffer et al.   ECOLOGY

Temporal variation in fungal communities associated with tropical hummingbirds and nectarivorous bats

(2014) Melinda Belisle et al.   Fungal Ecology

Biological flora of New Zealand 14:Metrosideros excelsa, pōhutukawa, New Zealand Christmas tree

(2014) RJ Bylsma et al.   NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Honey Bees Avoid Nectar Colonized by Three Bacterial Species, But Not by a Yeast Species, Isolated from the Bee Gut

(2014) Ashley P. Good et al.   PLoS One

Among-Population Variation in Microbial Community Structure in the Floral Nectar of the Bee-Pollinated Forest Herb Pulmonaria officinalis L

(2013) Hans Jacquemyn et al.   PLoS One

phyloseq: An R Package for Reproducible Interactive Analysis and Graphics of Microbiome Census Data

(2013) Paul J. McMurdie et al.   PLoS One

Yeasts in nectar of an early-blooming herb: sought by bumble bees, detrimental to plant fecundity

(2012) Carlos M. Herrera et al.   ECOLOGY

Composition, richness and nonrandom assembly of culturable bacterial-microfungal communities in floral nectar of Mediterranean plants

(2012) Sergio Álvarez-Pérez et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Zooming-in on floral nectar: a first exploration of nectar-associated bacteria in wild plant communities

(2012) Sergio Álvarez-Pérez et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Flowers as Islands: Spatial Distribution of Nectar-Inhabiting Microfungi among Plants of Mimulus aurantiacus, a Hummingbird-Pollinated Shrub

(2011) Melinda Belisle et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Invasive rats and recent colonist birds partially compensate for the loss of endemic New Zealand pollinators

(2011) D. E. Pattemore et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Bacterial communities in floral nectar

(2011) Svetlana Fridman et al.   Environmental Microbiology Reports

Drinking and Flying: Does Alcohol Consumption Affect the Flight and Echolocation Performance of Phyllostomid Bats?

(2010) Dara N. Orbach et al.   PLoS One

Polyphasic study of plant- and clinic-associated Pantoea agglomerans strains reveals indistinguishable virulence potential

(2009) Beate Völksch et al.   INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Chronic intake of fermented floral nectar by wild treeshrews

(2008) F. Wiens et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA