Signal honesty and cost of pollinator rewards in Dalechampia scandens (Euphorbiaceae)

Annals of Botany

Volumn 109, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1331-1339

  Pélabon, Christophe ^a   Thöne, Patrick ^a   Hansen, Thomas F ^b   Armbruster, W Scott ^a,c,d  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

blossom; condition dependence; Dalechampia scandens; nectar; pollination; reward; seed production; signal honesty; terpenoid resin

Indexed keywords

BEE; DICOTYLEDON; HONEST SIGNALING; MORPHOLOGY; NECTAR; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; RESIN; SECRETION; SEED PRODUCTION; SEED SET; TERPENE; VINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; EUPHORBIACEAE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEES; EUPHORBIACEAE;

APOIDEA; DALECHAMPIA; DALECHAMPIA SCANDENS; EUPHORBIACEAE;

EID: 84861639831     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcs091     Document Type: Article

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