Flowers as fungal extended phenotypes: nectar yeasts obfuscate among-plant differences in nectar sugar concentration.

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Nectar-dwelling yeasts modulate the ecology of interactions between flowers and pollinators. We assess here the hypothesis that floral nectar traits, which are a central element in most plant-pollinator relationships, can largely represent the extended fungal phenotypes of nectar-dwelling yeasts. The following specific question is addressed: do local genotypes of the specialist nectar yeast Metschnikowia...

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