Negative frequency-dependent selection by pollinators on artificial flowers without rewards

Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 715-723

  Smithson, Ann ^a   Macnair, Mark R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bombus terrestris; Deceptive pollination; Disassortative mating; Orchids; Sampling behavior

Indexed keywords

COLOUR MORPH; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; NECTAR REWARD; POLLINATOR BEHAVIOUR;

APIDAE; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; COROLLA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 0030737942     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1997.tb03655.x     Document Type: Article

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