Separating selection by diurnal and nocturnal pollinators on floral display and spur length in Gymnadenia conopsea

Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1880-1891

  Sletvold, Nina ^a,b   Trunschke, Judith ^a,c   Wimmergren, Carolina ^a   Ågren, Jon ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Floral evolution; Generalized pollination; Gymnadenia conopsea; Pollen limitation; Pollination efficiency; Pollinator attraction; Pollinator importance; Pollinator mediated selection; Spatial variation; Temporal variation

Indexed keywords

DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FLORAL TRAIT; FLOWER VISITING; HERB; MORPHOLOGY; NATURAL SELECTION; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLEN LIMITATION; SEED PRODUCTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FLOWER; HISTOLOGY; INSECT; NORWAY; ORCHIDACEAE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION;

ANIMALS; FLOWERS; INSECTS; NORWAY; ORCHIDACEAE; POLLINATION;

NORWAY;

GYMNADENIA CONOPSEA;

EID: 84864692872     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-2044.1     Document Type: Article

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