Selection on quantitative colour variation in Centaurea cyanus: The role of the pollinator's visual system

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2415-2427

  Renoult, J P ^a   Thomann, M ^b   Schaefer, H M ^a   Cheptou, P O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Adaptive landscape; Bee hexagon; Flower; Pollinator mediated selection; Psychophysics; Sensory bias; Stimulation landscape

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BEE; COLOR MORPH; DICOTYLEDON; FITNESS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION; VISION;

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA CYANUS;

ADAPTATION; ADAPTIVE LANDSCAPE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; BEE HEXAGON; CENTAUREA; COLOR; COLOR VISION; EVOLUTION; FLOWER; GENETIC SELECTION; HISTOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR-MEDIATED SELECTION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY BIAS; STIMULATION LANDSCAPE; VISION;

ADAPTIVE LANDSCAPE; BEE HEXAGON; FLOWER; POLLINATOR-MEDIATED SELECTION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY BIAS; STIMULATION LANDSCAPE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEES; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CENTAUREA; COLOR; COLOR VISION; FLOWERS; PHENOTYPE; POLLINATION; SELECTION, GENETIC; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84885865835     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12234     Document Type: Article

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