Variation in context-dependent foraging behavior across pollinators.

ABSTRACT: Pollinator foraging behavior has direct consequences for plant reproduction and has been implicated in driving floral trait evolution. Exploring the degree to which pollinators exhibit flexibility in foraging behavior will add to a mechanistic understanding of how pollinators can impose selection on plant traits. Although plants have evolved suites of floral traits to attract pollinators, flower color is a particularly important aspect of the floral display. Some pollinators show strong innate color preference, but many pollinators display flexibility in preference due to learning associations between rewards and color, or due to variable perception of color in different environments or plant communities. This study examines the flexibility in flower color preference of two groups of nativ

SUBMITTER: Briggs HM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6144987 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature