High floral disparity without pollinator shifts in buzz‐bee‐pollinated Melastomataceae
Constantin Kopper,
Jürg Schönenberger,
Agnes S. Dellinger
Abstract:Summary
Shifts among functional pollinator groups are commonly regarded as sources of floral morphological diversity (disparity) through the formation of distinct pollination syndromes. While pollination syndromes may be used for predicting pollinators, their predictive accuracy remains debated, and they are rarely used to test whether floral disparity is indeed associated with pollinator shifts.
We apply classification models trained and validated on 44 functional floral traits across 252 species with empiric… Show more
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