Flowers of Prey
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In plant-pollinator interactions, pollinating insects provide reproductive service to plants and receive food rewards. Flowers advertise the presence of nectar or pollen through various characteristics, including visual displays. In daisies (Chrysanthemum frutescens), the center of the inflorescence appears as a UV-absorbing bull’s-eye that attracts pollinators, for example honeybees. Thomisus ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Scientific American
سال: 1903
ISSN: 0036-8733
DOI: 10.1038/scientificamerican08221903-139