Remember
how you were told that a dark coat keeps you a little warmer on a cold but
sunny day?Some plants blooming in
chilly environments have dark purple or almost black patches on their flowers
to keep cold-blooded insects toasty warm as they pollinate.Three years of research at the
Bernhardt/Meier Laboratory at the St. Louis University illustrate a new side to
this colorful tale in a upcoming issue of the online, "Journal of
Pollination Ecology."
Read the whole summary in: English! Read the scientific
publication in JPE.
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