The relationships between floral traits and specificity of pollination systems in three Scandinavian plant communities

Oecologia

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 249-257

  Lázaro, Amparo ^a   Hegland, Stein Joar ^a   Totland, Ørjan ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Generalization; Plant community; Pollination syndromes; Pollinator community; Pollinator visitation

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLORAL TRAIT; FLOWER VISITING; FLY; PLANT COMMUNITY; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; SPECIALIZATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COLOR; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOWER; HISTOLOGY; INSECT; NORWAY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; COLOR; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOWERS; INSECTS; NORWAY; POLLINATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

PAPILIONOIDEA; SYRPHIDAE;

EID: 48149110656     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-008-1066-2     Document Type: Article

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