The role of beetle marks and flower colour on visitation by monkey beetles (Hopliini) in the Greater Cape Floral Region, South Africa

Annals of Botany

Volumn 100, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1483-1489

  Van Kleunen, Mark ^a,c   Nänni, Ingrid ^b   Donaldson, John S ^b   Manning, John C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Beetle marks; Beetle pollination syndrome; Cantharophily; Convergent evolution; Greater Cape Floral Region; Iridaceae; Monkey beetles; Pollinator attraction

Indexed keywords

ATTRACTANT; BEETLE; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; FLOWER VISITING; POLLINATION; VISUAL CUE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CHEMISTRY; COLOR VISION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FLOWER; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; POLLINATION; PREDATION; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FLOWERS; ODORS; PIGMENTATION; POLLINATION; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

COLEOPTERA; HESPERANTHA VAGINATA; IRIDACEAE; ROMULEA MONADELPHA; SCARABAEIDAE; SPARAXIS;

EID: 36448956820     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcm256     Document Type: Article

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