Resource partitioning among flower visitors and evolution of nectar concealment in multi-species communities

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 272, Issue 1559, 2005, Pages 187-192

  Rodríguez Gironés, Miguel A ^a,b   Santamaría, Luis ^c  

^a Institute for Advanced Study   (Germany)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Community ecology; Nectar concealment; Optimal foraging; Pollination

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; CONCEALMENT BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; NECTAR; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION;

ARTICLE; DYNAMICS; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FLOWER; MODEL; NECTAR; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PLANT; POLLINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES; ANIMAL; BEE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; BEES; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FLOWERS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLLEN; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 16844376701     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.2936     Document Type: Article

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