The birds, the bees, and the virtual flowers: Can pollinator behavior drive ecological speciation in flowering plants?

American Naturalist

Volumn 170, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 551-566

  Gegear, Robert J ^a,b   Burns, James G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bumblebee; Ecological speciation; Ethological isolation; Floral evolution; Hummingbird; Pollinator preference

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; BEE; BIRD; COLOR; DIVERGENCE; FLOWER; PHENOTYPE; POLLINATOR; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SIMULATION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

APOIDEA; AVES; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; TROCHILIDAE;

PIGMENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEE; BIRD; COLOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FLOWER; FOOD PREFERENCE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; COLOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FLOWERS; FOOD PREFERENCES; MALE; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS; POLLEN; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 34948862795     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/521230     Document Type: Article

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