Coevolution between Food-Rewarding Flowers and Their Pollinators

Evolution: Education and Outreach

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 32-39

  Johnson, Steven D ^a   Anderson, Bruce ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Coevolutionary arms race; Ecotype; Geographic mosaic; Natural selection; Nectar; Pollination syndrome

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890553883     PISSN: 19366426     EISSN: 19366434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12052-009-0192-6     Document Type: Article

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