Gender-specific pollinator preference for floral traits

Functional Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1197-1204

  de Jager, Marinus L ^a   Ellis, Allan G ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Divergent selection; Floral diversification; Mating signals; Pollen export; Sexual deception

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; DIVERGENCE; FLORAL TRAIT; FLY; GENDER ROLE; INSECT; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MORPHOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POLLINATOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIGNAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

APOIDEA; GORTERIA DIFFUSA; HEXAPODA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MEGAPALPUS; ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 84866897199     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2012.02028.x     Document Type: Article

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