The role of energetics in bumblebee-flower interrelationships

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. General Introduction ix
4. Biochemical coevolution between plants and their insect herbivores 1
5. Remarks on carotenoids in the evolution of signals 20
6. The coevolution of plants and seed predators 53
7. Ant-plant mutualism: evolution and energy 78
8. Coevolution of orchids and bees 91
9. Studies of nectar-constitution and pollinator-plant coevolution 100
10. The role of energetics in bumblebee-flower interrelationships 141
11. The ecology of coevolved seed dispersal systems 159
12. Tropical forest phenology and pollinator plant coevolution 192
13. Ecological consequences of a coevolved mutualism between butterflies and plants 210
14. Author Index 241