Insect pollinators see the light

Peter D. Moore
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Peter D. Moore: Kings College

Nature, 1997, vol. 387, issue 6635, 759-760

Abstract: Sunflecks - direct patches of light that penetrate tree canopies and strike the forest floor - can have a huge effect on the microhabitat of the plants, animals and microbes below. A new study indicates that plants that can grow in either sunny or shaded sites may be visited by different insect pollinators, depending on the light intensity: in general, whereas large insects such as flies prefer shaded areas, smaller insects such as bees will preferentially visit plants in sunny spots.

Date: 1997
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DOI: 10.1038/42815

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