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Abstract

Nectar production may be a point of sensitivity that can help link primary and secondary trophic responses to climate shifts, and is therefore important to our understanding of ecosystem responses. We evaluated the nectar response of two widespread native forbs, Balsamorhiza sagittata and Eriogonum umbellatum, to experimental warming in a high‐elevation sagebrush meadow in the Teton Range, WY, USA, over two years, 2015 and 2016. Warming treatments reduced the occurrence of nighttime freezing and nectar volume but increased sugar concentration in nectar in both species in both years. Warming effects were also evident in a consistent increase in the number of flowers produced by B. sagittata. Our research suggests that warming associated with climate change has the potential to induce shifts in the nectar‐feeding community by changing nectar characteristics such as volume and sugar concentration to which nectar feeders are adapted.

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Title
Warming temperatures affect meadow‐wide nectar resources, with implications for plant–pollinator communities
Author
McCombs, Audrey L 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Debinski, Diane 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Reinhardt, Keith 3 ; Germino, Matthew J 4   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Caragea, Petrutza 5 

 Department of Statistics, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Program, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA 
 Department of Ecology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, USA 
 Department of Biological Sciences, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho, USA 
 U.S. Geological Survey, Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center, Boise, Idaho, USA 
 Department of Statistics, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA 
Section
ARTICLES
Publication year
2022
Publication date
Jul 2022
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
e-ISSN
21508925
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2695383521
Copyright
© 2022. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.