A pollinators' eye view of a shelter mimicry system

Annals of Botany

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1155-1165

  Vereecken, Nicolas J ^a   Dorchin, Achik ^b   Dafni, Amots ^b   Hötling, Susann ^c   Schulz, Stefan ^c   Watts, Stella ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

floral colours; floral evolution; floral scents; Iris atropurpurea; Oncocyclus; pollinator preferences; Shelter mimicry

Indexed keywords

BEE; COLOR; FLORAL TRAIT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MIMICRY; POLLINATOR; SHELTER; SPECIALIZATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TAXONOMY;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; COLOR; EVOLUTION; FLORAL COLOURS; FLORAL EVOLUTION; FLORAL SCENTS; FLOWER; HISTOLOGY; IRIDACEAE; IRIS ATROPURPUREA; MALE; ODOR; ONCOCYCLUS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR PREFERENCES; SHELTER MIMICRY;

FLORAL COLOURS; FLORAL EVOLUTION; FLORAL SCENTS; IRIS ATROPURPUREA; ONCOCYCLUS; POLLINATOR PREFERENCES; SHELTER MIMICRY;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEES; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COLOR; FLOWERS; IRIS PLANT; MALE; ODORS; PHENOTYPE; POLLINATION;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; EUCERINI; IRIDACEAE; IRIS (ANGIOSPERM); ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 84878324515     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mct081     Document Type: Article

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