Evaluating the spectral discrimination capabilities of different pollinators and their effect on the evolution of flower colors

Communicative and Integrative Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Shrestha, Mani ^a   Dyer, Adrian G ^a,b   Burd, Martin ^a,c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL EVOLUTIONARY SYNTHESIS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Evolution; Flower color; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; AVES;

EID: 84879108765     PISSN: 19420889     EISSN: 19420889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cib.24000     Document Type: Article

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