A quantitative review of pollination syndromes: Do floral traits predict effective pollinators?

Ecology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 388-400

  Rosas Guerrero, Víctor ^a,b   Aguilar, Ramiro ^c   Martén Rodríguez, Silvana ^d,e   Ashworth, Lorena ^c   Lopezaraiza Mikel, Martha ^a,b   Bastida, Jesús M ^a   Quesada, Mauricio ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE GUERRERO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^d INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^e Centro Regional del Bajío Instituto de Ecología A C   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Floral evolution; Floral syndromes; Meta analysis; Plant breeding systems; Plant reproduction; Pollination efficiency; Pollination networks; Specialisation; Tropical ecology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANGIOSPERM; EVOLUTION; META-ANALYSIS; PLANT; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; REPRODUCTION;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

ADAPTATION; ANGIOSPERM; EVOLUTION; FLORAL EVOLUTION; FLORAL SYNDROMES; FLOWER; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; META ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT BREEDING SYSTEMS; PLANT REPRODUCTION; POLLINATION; POLLINATION EFFICIENCY; POLLINATION NETWORKS; REVIEW; SPECIALISATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYMBIOSIS; TROPICAL ECOLOGY;

FLORAL EVOLUTION; FLORAL SYNDROMES; META-ANALYSIS; PLANT BREEDING SYSTEMS; PLANT REPRODUCTION; POLLINATION EFFICIENCY; POLLINATION NETWORKS; SPECIALISATION; TROPICAL ECOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANGIOSPERMS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FLOWERS; GEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENY; POLLINATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84892668679     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12224     Document Type: Review

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