Some pollinators do not prefer symmetrically marked or shaped daisy (Asteraceae) flowers

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 123-126

  Midgley, J J ^a   Johnson, S D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Flowers; Pollinators; Symmetry

Indexed keywords

BEE-FLY; FLOWER SYMMETRY; POLLINATOR;

ASTERACEAE; BOMBYLIIDAE; DIPTERA; GORTERIA DIFFUSA;

EID: 0031935264     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006515225337     Document Type: Article

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