Explaining evolutionary shifts between bee and hummingbird pollination: Convergence, divergence, and directionality

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-38

  Thomson, James D ^a,b   Wilson, Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolutionary transitions; Mimulus; Penstemon; Pollination syndromes

Indexed keywords

BEE; BIRD; DIVERGENCE; ENTOMOPHILY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; ORNITHOPHILY; POLLINATION;

APOIDEA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MIMULUS (ANGIOSPERM); PENSTEMON;

EID: 38949094162     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/523361     Document Type: Review

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