Despite their apparent integration, spur length but not perianth size affects reproductive success in the moth-pollinated orchid Platanthera bifolia

Functional Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1022-1028

  Boberg, Elin ^a   Ågren, Jon ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Floral display; Floral evolution; Flower morphology; Pollen removal; Pollination success; Seed output

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FLORAL TRAIT; FRUIT SET; HERB; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MOTH; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SELECTION;

LEPIDOPTERA; ORCHIDACEAE; PLATANTHERA BIFOLIA; SPHINGIDAE;

EID: 70349304189     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2009.01595.x     Document Type: Article

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