The evolution of bird pollination in Macaronesian Lotus section Rhyncholotus (Leguminosae)

In order to understand the evolutionary transition from bee pollination (melittophily) to bird pollination (ornithophily), I studied a group of Lotus from Macaronesia. First, I provided a combined phylogenetic framework using nuclear and plastid genes, where I showed that the morphological features...

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Main Author: Ojeda Alayon, Isidro
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/32628