Identification of Potential Metabolites Mediating Bird’s Selective Feeding on Prunus mira Flowers

Figure 4

Schematic representation of the conceptual framework used in this study. Two scenarios were analyzed, in which the potential metabolites could be either present or absent in the preferred (FG) and avoided (BFT) flowers by birds. In either scenario, the same pattern for the metabolite differential accumulation between FG and BFT should be conserved across the three sampling locations (N, J, and Y).