Lack of floral constancy by bee fly pollinators: Implications for ethological isolation in an African daisy

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 729-734

  Ellis, Allan G ^a,b   Johnson, Steven D ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

assortative mating; Bombyliidae; floral constancy; Gorteria diffusa; pollination; reproductive isolation; South Africa; species integrity

Indexed keywords

ASSORTATIVE MATING; DICOTYLEDON; ECOTYPE; FLY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MORPHOTYPE; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

APOIDEA; BOMBYLIIDAE; DIMORPHOTHECA SINUATA; GORTERIA; GORTERIA DIFFUSA; HEXAPODA; MEGAPALPUS; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 84862843064     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ars019     Document Type: Article

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