Flower movement increases pollinator preference for flowers with better grip

Functional Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 941-947

  Alcorn, Katrina ^a   Whitney, Heather ^b   Glover, Beverley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bombus; Conical petal cells; Flower colour; Flower movement; Petunia; Pollinator grip

Indexed keywords

ATTRACTANT; BEE; FLOWER VISITING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; METABOLISM; MOVEMENT; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION;

APOIDEA; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PETUNIA; PETUNIA X HYBRIDA;

EID: 84864010619     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2012.02009.x     Document Type: Article

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