Pollinator shifts and the evolution of spur length in the moth-pollinated orchid Platanthera bifolia

Annals of Botany

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 267-275

  Boberg, Elin ^a   Alexandersson, Ronny ^a   Jonsson, Magdalena ^a   Maad, Johanne ^a   Ågren, Jon ^a   Nilsson, L Anders ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ecotype; evolution of floral traits; moth pollination; Platanthera bifolia; pollination ecotypes; pollination success; pollinator shift; population differentiation; proboscis length; speciation; spur length

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; COEVOLUTION; DICOTYLEDON; ECOTYPE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FLORAL TRAIT; GRASSLAND; MOTH; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); TRANSLOCATION; WOODLAND;

SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ECOTYPE; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION OF FLORAL TRAITS; FLOWER; HISTOLOGY; MOTH; MOTH POLLINATION; ORCHIDACEAE; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLATANTHERA BIFOLIA; POLLINATION; POLLINATION ECOTYPES; POLLINATION SUCCESS; POLLINATOR SHIFT; POPULATION DIFFERENTIATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROBOSCIS LENGTH; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPUR LENGTH;

ECOTYPE; EVOLUTION OF FLORAL TRAITS; MOTH POLLINATION; PLATANTHERA BIFOLIA; POLLINATION ECOTYPES; POLLINATION SUCCESS; POLLINATOR SHIFT; POPULATION DIFFERENTIATION; PROBOSCIS LENGTH; SPECIATION; SPUR LENGTH;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWERS; MOTHS; ORCHIDACEAE; ORGAN SIZE; POLLINATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84892698964     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mct217     Document Type: Article

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