Desmodium setigerum - Tropical Biology Association
Desmodium setigerum - Tropical Biology Association
Desmodium setigerum - Tropical Biology Association
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% visits80706050403020100lilac lilac pale blue/whitecolourFig. 3 The percentage of visits to D. <strong>setigerum</strong> flowers in each of three colour categories. “Lilac” categorycontains colour stages 1-2, “Lilac pale” contains stage 3 and blue/white contains stages 4-5.Pollinator response to morphological changeAlthough visitors appeared to have a preference for lilac flowers, there was a marked difference intheir response to whether the flowers were tripped or untripped. Untripped flowers receivedsignificantly more visits than tripped flowers. However, tripped flowers were approached moreoften than tripped flowers (χ 2 =104.56, df=1, p