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A global test of the pollination syndrome hypothesis.
Annals of botany - 1 Jun 2009
Ollerton Jeff, Alarcón Ruben, Waser Nickolas M, Price Mary V, Watts Stella, Cranmer Louise, Hingston Andrew, Peter Craig I, Rotenberry John
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: 'Pollination syndromes' are suites of phenotypic traits hypothesized to reflect convergent adaptations of flowers for pollination by specific types of animals. They were first developed in the 1870s and honed during the mid 20th Century. In spite of this long history and their central role in organizing research on plant-pollinator interactions, the pollination syndromes have rarely been...
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