The evolution of floral scent and olfactory preferences in pollinators: Coevolution or pre-existing bias?

Evolution

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2042-2055

  Schiestl, Florian P ^a   Dötterl, Stefan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Floral evolution; Mimicry; Pollination; Pollination syndromes; Sensory bias; Sensory trap

Indexed keywords

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

BEETLE; COEVOLUTION; FLORAL TRAIT; JURASSIC; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MIMICRY; MONOCOTYLEDON; ODOR; OLFACTION; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANIMAL; ARACEAE; ARTICLE; BEETLE; EVOLUTION; FLOWER; GENETICS; METABOLISM; ODOR; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; SMELLING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ARACEAE; BEETLES; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FLOWERS; ODORS; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; PHYLOGENY; POLLINATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ARACEAE; COLEOPTERA; MELOLONTHINAE; SCARABAEIDAE; SCARABAEUS;

EID: 84863437231     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2012.01593.x     Document Type: Article

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