Projektnummer

0053880

Zusammenfassung

Using conventional methods it is extremely difficult to test hypotheses and even to make predictions about the strength and outcome of pollinator exerted selection in plantpollinator systems. These co-evolutionary relationships are highly complex: plants with different nectar production characteristics compete with each other for pollinator visits and pollinators compete for nectar. Furthermore, the decision-making mechanisms that pollinators, especially mammals such as nectar-feeding bats, employ in order to choose between different nectar sources are still poorly understood. These hu...