Generalization of Foraging Experience Biases Bees Toward Flowers With Complex Morphologies
The importance of pollinators as selective agents for many floral traits is well established, but understanding their role in the evolution of complex floral shapes remains challenging. This is because pollinators often need much practice to efficiently handle morphologically complex flowers and ext...
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Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2021-05-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2021.655086/full |