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Sterile flowers increase pollinator attraction and promote female success in the Mediterranean herb Leopoldia comosa

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Large floral displays have opposing consequences for animal-pollinated angiosperms: they attract more pollinators but also enable elevated among-flower self-pollination (geitonogamy). The presence of sterile flowers as pollinator signals may enhance attraction while allowing dis...

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Main Authors: Morales, Carolina L., Traveset, Anna, Harder, Lawrence D.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Oxford University Press 2013
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3523656/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23131298
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcs243
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