The long-tongued hawkmoth pollinator niche for native and invasive plants in Africa

Annals of Botany

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 25-36

  Johnson, Steven D ^a   Raguso, Robert A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrius convolvuli; biological invasions; ecological opportunity; flower colour; functional traits; long tongued hawkmoth; moth pollination; mutualism; nectar; plant pollinator interactions; pollination ecology; proboscis length; regeneration niche; specialization

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COLOR; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MOTH; MUTUALISM; NATIVE SPECIES; NECTAR; NICHE; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; SAVANNA; SPECIALIZATION; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE;

SOUTH AFRICA;

AGRIUS; AGRIUS CONVOLVULI; CONVOLVULUS; LEPIDOPTERA; SPHINGIDAE;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWER; INTRODUCED SPECIES; METABOLISM; MOTH; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; POLLINATION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWERS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MOTHS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLANTS; POLLINATION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84954525489     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcv137     Document Type: Article

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