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The evolution of the allocation of resources for display and reward in flowers is critically analyzed. We construct models which take into account the foraging behavior and preferences of pollinators and their effects on the pollination success of the plants. The resulting equilibrium ESS (evolutionary stable strategy) of the flowers—pollinators community is analyzed at both the short-term ecological level and the long-term coevolutionary level.
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Cohen, D., Shmida, A. (1993). The Evolution of Flower Display and Reward. In: Hecht, M.K., MacIntyre, R.J., Clegg, M.T. (eds) Evolutionary Biology. Evolutionary Biology, vol 27. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2878-4_6
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