Flowers Shape Themselves to Guide Their Pollinators to the Pollen

Nathan Muchhala

Flowers Shape Themselves to Guide Their Pollinators to the Pollen

University of Missouri-St. Louis

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Abstract

The fit between flower and pollinator is key: Bats pollinate wide flowers better, while hummingbirds transfer more pollen between narrow flowers. Videotaping demonstrated that a poor fit fails to correctly guide the pollinator while feeding. This tradeoff in adapting to bats vs. hummingbirds is strong enough to favor specialization on one or the other.

Original language	American English
State	Published - Apr 4 2007

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Biology

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Flowers Shape Themselves to Guide Their Pollinators to the Pollen

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