Pre-adaptations and the evolution of pollination by sexual deception: Cope's rule of specialization revisited

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1748, 2012, Pages 4786-4794

  Vereecken, Nicolas J ^a   Wilson, Carol A ^b   Hötling, Susann ^c   Schulz, Stefan ^c   Banketov, Sergey A ^d   Mardulyn, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b RANCHO SANTA ANA BOTANIC GARDEN   (United States)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^d NONE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Evolutionary transitions; Floral evolution; Floral scent; Mimicry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868118742     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.1804     Document Type: Article

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