Rates of floral evolution: Adaptation to bumblebee pollination in an alpine wildflower, Polemonium viscosum

Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 120-125

  Galen, Candace ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Bumblebees; Floral evolution; Polemonium viscosum

Indexed keywords

ALPINE SKYPILOT; BUMBLEBEE; FLORAL EVOLUTION; POLLINATION;

BOMBUS; HYMENOPTERA; POLEMONIUM VISCOSUM;

EID: 0029666852     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1996.tb04478.x     Document Type: Article

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