Floral adaptation to local pollinator guilds in a terrestrial orchid

Annals of Botany

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 289-300

  Sun, Mimi ^a   Gross, Karin ^a   Schiestl, Florian P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diptera; floral colour; floral evolution; floral morphology; floral scent; geographical variation; Local adaptation; Orchidaceae; pollination; pollinator adaptation; pollinator assemblages; speciation; VOC

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FLORAL TRAIT; FLY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MORPHOLOGY; RECIPROCITY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

CARBOHYDRATE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADAPTATION; ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DIPTERA; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPE; FLORAL COLOUR; FLORAL EVOLUTION; FLORAL MORPHOLOGY; FLORAL SCENT; FLOWER; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HISTOLOGY; INSECT; LOCAL ADAPTATION; NECTAR; ODOR; ORCHIDACEAE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR ADAPTATION; POLLINATOR ASSEMBLAGES; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; VOC;

DIPTERA; FLORAL COLOUR; FLORAL EVOLUTION; FLORAL MORPHOLOGY; FLORAL SCENT; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; LOCAL ADAPTATION; ORCHIDACEAE; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR ADAPTATION; POLLINATOR ASSEMBLAGES; SPECIATION; VOC;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATES; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPE; FLOWERS; INSECTS; ODORS; ORCHIDACEAE; PIGMENTATION; PLANT NECTAR; POLLINATION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; REPRODUCTION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84892769611     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mct219     Document Type: Article

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