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SUBMITTER: Ojeda DI
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4881347 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ojeda Dario I DI Valido Alfredo A Fernández de Castro Alejandro G AG Ortega-Olivencia Ana A Fuertes-Aguilar Javier J Carvalho José A JA Santos-Guerra Arnoldo A
Biology letters 20160401 4
Pollinator shifts are considered to drive floral trait evolution, yet little is still known about the modifications of petal epidermal surface at a biogeographic region scale. Here we investigated how independent shifts from insects to passerine birds in the Macaronesian Islands consistently modified this floral trait (i.e. absence of papillate cells). Using current phylogenies and extensive evidence from field observations, we selected a total of 81 plant species and subspecies for petal micros ...[more]