Floral specialization without trade-offs: Optimal corolla flare in contrasting pollination environments

Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2560-2569

  Aigner, Paul A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bumble bee; Dudleya; Hummingbird; Mechanisms of selection; Pollination; Specialization

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; POLLINATION; SPECIALIZATION; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; AVES; BOMBUS (GENUS); BOMBUS PENNSYLVANICUS; COROLLA; CRASSULACEAE; DUDLEYA; DUDLEYA GREENEI; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; TROCHILIDAE;

EID: 5344267485     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-0815     Document Type: Article

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