Intraspecific convergence of floral size correlates with pollinator size on different mountains: a case study of a bumblebee-pollinated Lamium (Lamiaceae) flowers in Japan

Abstract Background Geographic differences in floral size sometimes reflect geographic differences in pollinator size. However, we know little about whether this floral size specialization to the regional pollinator size occurred independently at many places or occurred once and then spread across t...

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Main Authors: Tsubasa Toji, Natsumi Ishimoto, Shin Egawa, Yuta Nakase, Mitsuru Hattori, Takao Itino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-04-01
Series:BMC Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-021-01796-8