Floral nectar offers a unique niche as habitat for microorganisms. The fluid nectar environment is characterized by a high sugar-concentration, a short flower lifetime and regular nectar depletion and replenishment caused by nectar-foraging pollinators. Microorganisms that live in floral nectar must resist high osmotic pressure, adapt quickly to new environmental conditions, have fast growth rates and manage frequent dispersal to new habitats. Besides generalist bacterial and fungal species that are also known from other sources, there are three yeast species that are almost exclusively found in floral nectar and which are called nectar yeasts: Metschnikowia reukaufii, M. gruessii and Candida rancensis. They can affect their environment by ...
1) Modern European agricultural landscapes form a patchy mosaic of highly fragmented natural and sem...
Die Familie der Araceae hat im Laufe der Evolution eine Vielzahl an Methoden entwickelt, um Bestäube...
Die Funktion und Stabilität von terrestrischen Ökosystem ist maßgeblich von ihrer Pflanzenbiodiversi...
1. Pollination of sexually reproducing plants requires pollen transfer agents, which can be biotic, ...
Table of Contents Foreword iii Acknowledgments iv List of Tables vi List of Figures vii Chapter One:...
Foraging behavior is a particularly fascinating topic within the studies of social insects. Decision...
Pollinating insects exhibit a complex behavior while foraging for nectar and pollen. Many studies ha...
My dissertation comprises three studies: (1) an assessment of honey bee colony losses in the USA bet...
Foreword i Acknowledgements ii List of figures iv List of tables v Chapter I: General Introduction 1...
The western honeybee (Apis mellifera) is widely known as the honey producer and pollinator managed b...
Die Effekte der Biodiversität auf die Ökosystemfunktionen von Wäldern werden mit steigend...
Der Landnutzungswandel einhergehend mit der Intensivierung der Landwirtschaft und der Auf...
Der zunehmende Verlust an biologischer Vielfalt in vielen Ökosystemen hat in den vergange...
All animal and plant species must disperse in order to survive. Although this fact may seem trivial,...
The overall aim of this dissertation was to evaluate the relative roles of niche and neutral based p...
1) Modern European agricultural landscapes form a patchy mosaic of highly fragmented natural and sem...
Die Familie der Araceae hat im Laufe der Evolution eine Vielzahl an Methoden entwickelt, um Bestäube...
Die Funktion und Stabilität von terrestrischen Ökosystem ist maßgeblich von ihrer Pflanzenbiodiversi...
1. Pollination of sexually reproducing plants requires pollen transfer agents, which can be biotic, ...
Table of Contents Foreword iii Acknowledgments iv List of Tables vi List of Figures vii Chapter One:...
Foraging behavior is a particularly fascinating topic within the studies of social insects. Decision...
Pollinating insects exhibit a complex behavior while foraging for nectar and pollen. Many studies ha...
My dissertation comprises three studies: (1) an assessment of honey bee colony losses in the USA bet...
Foreword i Acknowledgements ii List of figures iv List of tables v Chapter I: General Introduction 1...
The western honeybee (Apis mellifera) is widely known as the honey producer and pollinator managed b...
Die Effekte der Biodiversität auf die Ökosystemfunktionen von Wäldern werden mit steigend...
Der Landnutzungswandel einhergehend mit der Intensivierung der Landwirtschaft und der Auf...
Der zunehmende Verlust an biologischer Vielfalt in vielen Ökosystemen hat in den vergange...
All animal and plant species must disperse in order to survive. Although this fact may seem trivial,...
The overall aim of this dissertation was to evaluate the relative roles of niche and neutral based p...
1) Modern European agricultural landscapes form a patchy mosaic of highly fragmented natural and sem...
Die Familie der Araceae hat im Laufe der Evolution eine Vielzahl an Methoden entwickelt, um Bestäube...
Die Funktion und Stabilität von terrestrischen Ökosystem ist maßgeblich von ihrer Pflanzenbiodiversi...