{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["12(1)"],"submitter":["Chauta A"],"funding":["New Phytologist Foundation","Centro de Estudios Interdisciplinarios Básicos y Aplicados"],"pubmed_abstract":["Stickiness of vegetative tissues has evolved multiple times in different plant families but is rare and understudied in flowers. While stickiness in general is thought to function primarily as a defense against herbivores, it may compromise mutualistic interactions (such as those with pollinators) in reproductive tissues. Here, we test the hypothesis that stickiness on flower petals of the High-Andean plant, Bejaria resinosa (Ericaceae), functions as a defense against florivores. We address ecological consequences and discuss potential trade-offs associated with a repellant trait expressed in flowers that mediate mutualistic interactions. In surveys and manipulative experiments, we assess florivory and resulting fitness effects on plants with sticky and non-sticky flowers in different nati"],"journal":["Scientific reports"],"pagination":["19848"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9674602"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Defensive functions and potential ecological conflicts of floral stickiness."],"pmcid":["PMC9674602"],"pubmed_authors":["Chauta A","Mejia J","Stashenko EE","Kumar A","Kessler A"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Defensive functions and potential ecological conflicts of floral stickiness.","description":"Stickiness of vegetative tissues has evolved multiple times in different plant families but is rare and understudied in flowers. While stickiness in general is thought to function primarily as a defense against herbivores, it may compromise mutualistic interactions (such as those with pollinators) in reproductive tissues. Here, we test the hypothesis that stickiness on flower petals of the High-Andean plant, Bejaria resinosa (Ericaceae), functions as a defense against florivores. We address ecological consequences and discuss potential trade-offs associated with a repellant trait expressed in flowers that mediate mutualistic interactions. In surveys and manipulative experiments, we assess florivory and resulting fitness effects on plants with sticky and non-sticky flowers in different nati","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Nov","modification":"2025-04-19T16:12:05.736Z","creation":"2025-04-19T16:12:05.736Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9674602","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36400941"],"doi":["10.1038/s41598-022-23261-2"]}}