The signaling function of an extra-floral display: What selects for signal development?

Oikos

Volumn 118, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1752-1759

  Keasar, Tamar ^a   Sadeh, Adi ^b   Gerchman, Yoram ^a   Shmida, Avi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTRACTANT; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; COLOR; DICOTYLEDON; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; FLORAL TRAIT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NATURAL SELECTION; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATOR;

HEXAPODA; SALVIA; SALVIA VIRIDIS;

EID: 71949113941     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2009.17626.x     Document Type: Article

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