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The birds and the bees: pollinator behaviour and variation in the mating system of the rare shrub Grevillea macleayana.
- Source :
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Annals of Botany . Jun2009, Vol. 103 Issue 9, p1395-1401. 7p. 1 Chart, 3 Graphs. - Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- Background and Aims: In Australia, honey-bees have invaded systems that evolved without social insect pollinators, where many plants are adapted to vertebrate pollination. Behavioural differences between pollinators are likely to influence mating patterns, but few studies have examined this empirically in long-lived, woody, perennials. It was shown previously that outcrossing rates in Grevillea macleayana vary among populations. Here tests were conducted to determine whether the behaviour of birds and honey-bees differed between a population previously found to be highly outcrossed and two inbreeding populations. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03057364
- Volume :
- 103
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Annals of Botany
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 44394961
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcp091