by Kyra Krakos &
Scott Fabricant
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| Hawkmoth visiting Onagraceae. Photo by S. Fabricant. |
Flowers are not just for our visual delight; their primary function is
to transfer pollen from one flower to another of the same species, often
carried by an insect or vertebrate visitor. Cross-species pollination is of no
benefit to flowers, thus many biologists expect flowers to be
pollinator-specialised, with traits attractive to or pollen accessible to only
one animal visitor at a time. However, some recent studies have suggested the
opposite, that flowers recruit a diverse army of visitors, and thus pollination
systems are rarely specialized. How can we resolve this paradox?
Read the whole summary in: English!
Read the scientific publication in JPE.
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