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Plant Nectar

Known as: Nectars, Nectars, Plant, Nectar, Plant 
Sugar-rich liquid produced in plant glands called nectaries. It is either produced in flowers or other plant structures, providing a source of… 
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Propagation of olfactory information within the honeybee hive
Transfer of information about food source characteristics within insect societies is essential to colony-foraging success. The… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Impulsive bees forage better: the advantage of quick, sometimes inaccurate foraging decisions
Review
2005
Review
2005
Evaluation of isolated and integrated prairie reconstructions as habitat for prairie butterflies
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Chemical contents of Macaranga food bodies: adaptations to their role in ant attraction and nutrition
Summary 1. Macaranga (Euphorbiaceae) is a paleotropical tree genus comprising myrmecophytic and non-myrmecophytic species. All… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Blood digestion in the mosquito, Anopheles stephensi Liston (Diptera: Culicidae): activity and distribution of trypsin, aminopeptidase, and alpha-glucosidase in the midgut.
The activities of trypsin, aminopeptidase, and alpha-glucosidase were studied in the whole midgut, anterior and posterior midgut… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
The Sacred Nectar of the Greeks: The Study of Greek in the West in the Early Middle Ages
Contributors: A.C. Dionisotti, Michael W. Herren, Walter Berschin, Bernice M. Kaczynski, Haijo Jan Westra, Pierre Riche, Michael… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Nectar uptake rates and optimal nectar concentrations of two butterfly species
SummaryThe relationship between sucrose concentration of nectar and volume uptake rate by the butterflies Agraulis vanillae… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Optimal sugar concentrations of floral nectars —dependence on sugar intake efficiency and foraging costs
SummaryA model is developed to elucidate the determinants of sugar concentrations in flower nectars. This model analyses the… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Population density, resource patterning, and territoriality in the Everglades pygmy sunfish
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
Energetics of Foraging: Rate and Efficiency of Nectar Extraction by Hummingbirds
The efficiency with which several species of hummingbirds extract nectar was estimated by converting the rate of extraction of… 
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