The ecology and evolution of visual pollen signals

By K. Lunau. Plant Systematics and Evolution, 2000

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology, Plant Science

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In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

1. Anne S. Leonard
2. P. Kevan
3. David I. Inouye
4. B. Larson
5. D. Papaj
6. T. Woodcock
7. A. Imdorf
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In Molecular Biology

1. Anne S. Leonard
2. D. Papaj
3. B. Larson
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6. Z. Luo
7. Dianxiang Zhang
8. S. Renner

In Plant Science

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2. B. Larson
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4. Anne S. Leonard
5. D. Papaj
6. T. Woodcock
7. A. Imdorf
8. P. Fluri

Citations in the corpus

• Flies and Flowers II: Floral Attractants and Rewards (2014, background): “Many flowering plants have a corolla bearing yellow, UVabsorbing spots that imitate the colour of pollen and anthers (Lunau 2000; Pansarin 2008).”
• FLIES AND FLOWERS III: ECOLOGY OF FORAGING AND POLLINATION (2015, background): “…prefer yellow, and a spontaneous reflex response of the proboscis remains for yellow pollen or stigmas (Lunau 1993a; Lunau 1993b; Lunau & Wacht 1994; Lunau 2000; Lunau et al. 2005), while older flies may visit red or violetcoloured thistles much more than yellow flowers (Ssymank, unpublished).”
• Pollen nutrition and colony development in honey bees: part 1 (2005, background): “However, it remains to be seen if such preferences are really associated with pollen quality or if they are due to other factors such as, for example, smell or visual signals of the pollen itself.(38)”
• Flower colour and phylogeny along an altitudinal gradient in the Himalayas of Nepal (2014, background): “…such as the hoverflies Eristalis tenax and Episyrphus balteatus, show evidence of a fixed innate response to colours appearing yellow to human vision (Lunau & Wacht 1994; Wacht, Lunau & Hansen 1996), possibly as an adaptation to the feeding behaviour of these insects on yellow pollen (Lunau 2000).”
• Why two kinds of stamens in buzz‐pollinated flowers? Experimental support for Darwin's division‐of‐labour hypothesis (2008, background): “A guide function of yellow stamens or staminodes has also been demonstrated in other studies (Lunau 2000; Ushimaru, Watanabe & Nakata 2007).”
• ‘X’ marks the spot: The possible benefits of nectar guides to bees and plants (2011, background): “For example, the presence of anther-mimicking radial lines or pollen-mimicking blotches increases the attractiveness of flowers to bees (Lunau 2000); this attraction is so strong that the mere presence of a (presumably pollen-mimicking) yellow dot interferes with bumblebees’ (B.”
• Adaptive radiation and coevolution — pollination biology case studies (2004, background): “The staminate flowers produced pollen, and the carpellate flowers possessed ovaries and probably sugar-containing pollination droplets (Osche 1983; Lloyd and Wells 1992; Lunau 2000).”