Article
Flower traits associated with the visitation patterns of bees.
Oecologia - 1 Jun 2020
Rowe Logan, Gibson Daniel, Bahlai Christie A, Gibbs Jason, Landis Douglas A, Isaacs Rufus
Abstract excerpt
Plant-pollinator interactions are partially driven by the expression of plant traits that signal and attract bees to the nutritional resources within flowers. Although multiple physical and chemical floral traits are known to influence the visitation patterns of bees, how distinct bee groups vary in their responses to floral traits has yet to be elucidated. In this study, we used a common garden experiment to...
Topics
- Animals
- Bees
- Flowers
- Phenotype
- Plants
- Pollen
- Pollination
