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The distraction function of extrafloral nectaries — keeping ants away from flowers and preventing interaction with pollinators

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Sandoval-Molina M. A., González-Camarena E., Rosas-Sánchez J., Janczur M. K., The distraction function of extrafloral nectaries: keeping ants away from flowers and preventing interaction with pollinators, Arthropod-Plant Interactions, 2025, 19:67, doi: 10.1007/s11829-025-10173-x

The abstract describes an ant-exclusion experiment in Ferocactus recurvus, now placed by POWO in F. latispinus subsp. spiralis. It concerns the relationship between ant presence and seed production, and between nectary number and ants' flower visitation. The abstract was checked, without the full methods or sample sizes.

GenusPhysiology and anatomyFerocactus

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