Corolla shape vs. size in flower choice by a nocturnal hawkmoth pollinator

Functional Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 577-587

  Kaczorowski, Rainee L ^a   Seliger, Alison R ^a,b   Gaskett, Anne C ^a,c   Wigsten, Sarah K ^a,d   Raguso, Robert A ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d ST BONAVENTURE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corolla shape; Floral isolation; Manduca sexta; Morphometric analysis; Nicotiana; Pollination; Preference; Visual cue

Indexed keywords

BIRD; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FLORAL TRAIT; FLOWER; HOMOGENEOUS MEDIUM; MOTH; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; POLLINATION; SURFACE AREA; VISUAL CUE;

MANDUCA SEXTA; NICOTIANA; SPHINGIDAE;

EID: 84861233278     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2012.01982.x     Document Type: Article

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