Pollinator experience, neophobia and the evolution of flowering time

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1658, 2012, Pages 935-943

  Forrest, Jessica ^a   Thomson, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Colour preference; Frequency dependence; Hysteresis; Phenology; Pollination

Indexed keywords

BEE; CAPTIVE POPULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLOR; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FLOWER VISITING; FLOWERING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; PHENOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION; POPULATION SIZE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION; WARMING; ZOOPHILY;

APOIDEA; BOMBUS (GENUS); BOMBUS IMPATIENS; IMPATIENS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEE; EVOLUTION; FLOWER; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; FLOWERS; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 63849122783     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1434     Document Type: Article

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