Honesty of signaling and pollinator attraction: The case of flag-like bracts

Israel Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 119-128

  Keasar, Tamar ^a,c   Pollak, Gad ^b   Arnon, Rachel ^a   Cohen, Dan ^a   Shmida, Avi ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b Kibbutzim College of Education   (Israel)

^c ACHVA ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Extra floral display; Flag like bract; Honeybee; Lavandula; Phenology; Pollination ecology; Salvia; Signaling

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELD METHOD; HONEYBEE; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SIGNALING; SYNCHRONY;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; LAVANDULA; LAVANDULA STOECHAS; SALVIA; SALVIA VIRIDIS;

EID: 34250333049     PISSN: 07929978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1560/IJPS_54_2_119     Document Type: Article

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