盜蜜是指昆蟲鳥類或其他動物植物花冠筒上直接打洞取食花蜜,但不給花授粉的現象[1]

被盜蜜植物主要是具有長花管或花上有蜜腺距產蜜植物[1]。存在盜蜜現象的植物大約有59科214種[2]。常見的盜蜜者是蜂類,尤以熊蜂木蜂為多,在美洲一些鳥類也是常見的盜蜜者[1]

盜蜜會損壞植物生殖器官柱頭花葯[3], 還能通過影響傳粉者的行為來影響植物的適合度[1]。此外,通過影響傳粉者行為,盜蜜者會增加花粉的散布距離、促進異交[1]

參考文獻

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  2. ^ Irwin, Rebecca; Maloof, Joan. Variation in nectar robbing over time, space, and species . Oecologia. 2002-12-01, 133 (4): 525–533. doi:10.1007/s00442-002-1060-z. 
  3. ^ Irwin, Rebecca E.; Bronstein, Judith L.; Manson, Jessamyn S.; Richardson, Leif. Nectar Robbing: Ecological and Evolutionary Perspectives. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics. 2010-12, 41 (1): 271–292. doi:10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.110308.120330.