Nature Communications (Mar 2018)

Disentangling the role of floral sensory stimuli in pollination networks

  • Aphrodite Kantsa,
  • Robert A. Raguso,
  • Adrian G. Dyer,
  • Jens M. Olesen,
  • Thomas Tscheulin,
  • Theodora Petanidou

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03448-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Can floral phenotype predict the most influential species for maintaining plant–pollinator communities? Here, Kantsa et al. develop a methodology for trait-based analysis, revealing the critical role of floral scent, and floral colour as perceived by insects, in shaping visitation networks.