The timing of food-deceptive flowers: A commentary on

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1133-1136

  Ruxton, G D ^a   Martin Schaefer, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deception of pollinators; Longevity of flowers; Orchids; Pollination; Rewardless flowers; Timing of flowers

Indexed keywords

FLOWER; PLANT COMMUNITY; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; FLOWER; GENETIC SELECTION; LEARNING; ORCHIDACEAE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; SEASON; TIME;

ANIMALS; BEES; FLOWERS; LEARNING; ORCHIDACEAE; POLLINATION; SEASONS; SELECTION, GENETIC; TIME FACTORS;

ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 65249142827     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01720.x     Document Type: Article

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