Pollinator-mediated selection on floral traits and size of floral display in Cyclopogon elatus, a sweat bee-pollinated orchid

Functional Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 948-957

  Benitez Vieyra, S ^a   Medina, A M ^a   Glinos, E ^a   Cocucci, A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Correlational selection; Halictid bees; Phenotypic selection; Reproductive success

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; BEE; FITNESS; FLORAL TRAIT; FLOWER VISITING; MALE BEHAVIOR; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

APOIDEA; AUGOCHLORA; CYCLOPOGON ELATUS; HALICTIDAE; HALICTINAE; ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 33750717183     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2006.01179.x     Document Type: Article

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