Innate preferences of Eristalis tenax L. (Syrphidae) for flower colour, size and symmetry are more intricate than the simple additive model
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=Ckp7pcOETD" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=Ckp7pcOETD</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blad035" target="_blank" >10.1093/biolinnean/blad035</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Innate preferences of Eristalis tenax L. (Syrphidae) for flower colour, size and symmetry are more intricate than the simple additive model
Original language description
Plants have evolved complex flowers that differ in visual traits such as colour, size and shape, to attract pollinators. However, pollinators seem to respond differently to individual traits. Our objective was to unravel the effect of individual traits and their interplay in forming pollinator preferences. We measured the preferences of naive drone flies, Eristalis tenax (Syrphidae), for artificial flowers differing in colour, size and flower symmetry, in controlled conditions to untangle the effects of individual traits on pollinator behaviour. Eristalis tenax showed the highest selectivity for colour, followed by size, and only moderate selectivity in relationship to flower symmetry. Flower colour interacted with flower size, in that yellow colour was generally preferred, particularly when the flowers were large in comparison to other forms. Our results suggest that preferences for flower traits are structured, which might suggest that there have been different evolutionary pressures on individual floral traits.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10611 - Plant sciences, botany
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
ISSN
0024-4066
e-ISSN
1095-8312
Volume of the periodical
140
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
10
Pages from-to
110-119
UT code for WoS article
001020852500001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85171978327