Do pollinators influence the assembly of flower colours within plant communities?

Oecologia

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 543-553

  de Jager, Marinus L ^a   Dreyer, Léanne L ^a   Ellis, Allan G ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bee vision; Facilitation; Flower colour; Interspecific pollen transfer; Phylogenetic community structure

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COEXISTENCE; COLOR; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FACILITATION; FLOWER; HONEYBEE; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION; SEED SET;

ADAPTATION; ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; CLASSIFICATION; COLOR; COLOR VISION; FLOWER; HISTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMALS; BEES; COLOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; FLOWERS; PHYLOGENY; POLLINATION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; OXALIS;

EID: 79956046913     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1879-7     Document Type: Article

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