Why Petals? Naïve, but Not Experienced Bees, Preferentially Visit Flowers with Larger Visual Signals

SIMPLE SUMMARY: Why do plants have showy flowers? Clearly, many plant species must attract pollinators and have floral adaptations for this. However, some flowers attract insects without showy petals. This suggests that a key function of showy visual signals is to attract naïve, first-time pollinato...

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Autores principales: Balfour, Nicholas J., Ratnieks, Francis L. W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
Materias:
Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9962955/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36835699
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects14020130

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9962955/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36835699
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects14020130

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