Response of bee-flies to the shape and pattern of model flowers: Implications for floral evolution in a Mediterranean herb

Functional Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 289-297

  Johnson, S D ^a,b   Dafni, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Bombyliidae; Insect vision; Linum pubescens; Mimicry; Pollination

Indexed keywords

BEE-FLY; BEHAVIOURAL RESPONSE; FLORAL MORPHOLOGY; POILINATOR;

BOMBYLIIDAE; DIPTERA; LINUM PUBESCENS; USIA BICOLOR;

EID: 0031838557     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1998.00175.x     Document Type: Article

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