Phenotypic selection on Dalechampia blossoms: Honest signaling affects pollination success

Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 3323-3333

  Armbruster, W Scott ^a,b,c   Antonsen, Liv ^b   Pélabon, Christophe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Dalechampia ipomoeifolia; Evolution; Floral advertisement; Genetic correlation; Heriades; Honest signaling; Indirect selection; Phenotypic selection; Pollination

Indexed keywords

FLOWER VISITING; PHENOTYPE; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION; SIGNALING;

APOIDEA; DALECHAMPIA; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; HERIADES; MEGACHILIDAE;

EID: 30644480329     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: 00129658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-1873     Document Type: Article

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