Flowering phenology of species with similar flower colours in species-rich communities

• Published in: Flora. Morphologie, Geobotanik, Oekophysiologie Vol. 304; p. 152312
• Main Authors: Camargo, Maria Gabriela Gutierrez, Arista, Montserrat, Lunau, Klaus, Ortiz, Pedro Luis, Stradic, Soizig Le, Rocha, Nathália Miranda Walter Bretas, Morellato, Leonor Patrícia Cerdeira
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier GmbH 01.07.2023; Elsevier
• Subjects: bee pollination; bees; color; Environmental Sciences; Facilitation; flora; flower color; Flower colour; Flowering phenology; flowers; interspecific competition; loci; Müllerian mimicry; Phenological overlap; phenology; Pollination; pollinators; species; vegetation; vision; Facilitation; Phenological overlap; Müllerian mimicry; Flower colour; Flowering phenology; Pollination

•We tested hypothetical scenarios for the interaction between bee-flower colours and flowering phenology.•Species-rich taxa have similarly coloured flowers in megadiverse campo rupestre and Mediterranean vegetation•Divergence in flowering phenology may decrease interspecific competition•A standardis...