Why are floral signals complex? an outline of functional hypotheses

The Systematics Association Special Volume 81: Evolution of Plant-Pollinator Relationships

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 279-300

  Leonard, Anne S ^a   Dornhaus, Anna ^a   Papaj, Daniel R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139014113.010     Document Type: Chapter

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