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opportunity trade-offs — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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opportunity trade-offs

Scope: evolution

Papers: 5 | Mentions: 5

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Knowledge graph centered on opportunity trade-offs with 71 nodes and 185 connections. Top connected: Hummingbird, Bombus, Ipomopsis, Ligusticum porteri, Delphinium.

Definition

Conflicts between opportunities of a flower to receive fitness contributions from different visitor groups due to competition over limited floral resources

Related Terms (5)

allocation constraintsallocation patternsallocation trade-offsresource investmentsex-based differentiation in floral rewards

Publications (5)

Trade-off mitigation: a conceptual framework for understanding floral adaptation in multispecies interactions

2021Biological Reviewscentral

Drought, pollen and nectar availability, and pollination success

2016Ecologyframework

Role of floral nectaries and plant sex in mediating ant-aphid interactions on <i>Valeriana edulis</i>

Consequences of variation in flowering time within and among individuals of <i>Mertensia fusiformis</i> (Boraginaceae), an early spring wildflower

2010Amer J of Botanycentral

Mechanisms of tolerance to floral larceny in two animal-pollinated wildflowers, <i>Polemonium viscosum</i> and <i>Ipomopsis aggregata</i>

2008Ecologytested

Related Concepts (10)

frequency-dependent selection

theory2 shared papers

pollination effectiveness

process2 shared papers

compensatory response

process2 shared papers

pollen limitation

phenomenon1 shared paper

floral resources

measurement1 shared paper

floral visitation rate

measurement1 shared paper

floral abundance

measurement1 shared paper

phenological mismatch

phenomenon1 shared paper

keystone species

theory1 shared paper

drought stress

process1 shared paper

Frequently Associated Species

B. appositus

B. vosnesenskii

Bombus terrestris

Bombus vosnesenskii

Bombus impatiens

Bombus

B. rufocinctus

Bombus appositus

Ipomopsis

Polemoniaceae3 papers

Hummingbird