Generalized food deception: Colour signals and efficient pollen transfer in bee-pollinated species of Eulophia (Orchidaceae)

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 171, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 713-729

  Peter, Craig I ^a,b   Johnson, Steven D ^b  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bee pollination; Generalized food deception; Hymenoptera; Phenology; Pollen mimicry; Pollen transfer efficiency (PTE); Pollinarium reconfiguration; Pollinia; Ultraviolet (UV); Xylocopa

Indexed keywords

BEE; COLOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOWERING; MIMICRY; MONOCOTYLEDON; PHENOLOGY; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLEN; POLLINATION; SIGNAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 84875318533     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/boj.12028     Document Type: Article

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