Hawkmoths' innate flower preferences: A potential selective force on floral biomechanics

Arthropod-Plant Interactions

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 263-268

  Sprayberry, Jordanna D H ^a,b,d   Suver, Marie ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d MUHLENBERG COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Flower preference; Manduca sexta; Plant biomechanics

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLORAL TRAIT; FLOWER; MOTH; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR;

MANDUCA SEXTA; SPHINGIDAE;

EID: 81455141481     PISSN: 18728855     EISSN: 18728847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11829-011-9150-7     Document Type: Article

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