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Nectar Spur Evolution

Nectar Spur Evolution is a botanical evolutionary process in which the elongation and morphological differentiation of floral nectar spurs occur as an adaptive response to specialized pollinator interactions, particularly through reciprocal selective pressures that drive congruence between spur length and pollinator proboscis length.

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Pollinator shifts drive increasingly long nectar spurs in columbine flowers

Justen B. Whittall, Scott A. Hodges · Nature · 2007 · 660 citations

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Spurring plant diversification: are floral nectar spurs a key innovation?

Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 1995 · 352 citations

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Floral Nectar Spurs and Diversification

Scott A. Hodges · International Journal of Plant Sciences · 1997 · 197 citations

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Columbines: a geographically widespread species flock.

Scott A. Hodges, Michael L. Arnold · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1994 · 178 citations

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Long-Tongued Fly Pollination and Evolution of Floral Spur Length in the Disa draconis Complex (Orchidaceae)

Steven D. Johnson, Kim E. Steiner · Evolution · 1997 · 150 citations

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Authors

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  1. SA
    Scott A. Hodges

    University of California, Santa Barbara, United States

    4 publications · 1.1K citations

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  2. BJ
    Beverley J. Glover

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 91 citations

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  3. YM
    Ya Min

    Harvard University, United States

    2 publications · 108 citations

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  4. TJ
    Tina J. Ayers

    Northern Arizona University, United States

    2 publications · 39 citations

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  5. MF
    Mario Fernández‐Mazuecos

    Real Jardín Botánico, Spain

    2 publications · 91 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Real Jardín Botánico

    Madrid, Spain

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    229 citations

  2. University of California, Santa Barbara

    Santa Barbara, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    1.4K citations

  3. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    324 citations

  4. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

    Munich, Germany

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    160 citations

  5. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    204 citations

  6. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    89 citations

  7. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

    Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    69 citations

  8. Chengdu Institute of Biology

    Chengdu, China

    1 h-index

    5 publications

    140 citations

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  1. New Phytologist

    2 publications · 113 citations

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  2. American Journal of Botany

    2 publications · 53 citations

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  3. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 2 publications · 242 citations

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  4. International Journal of Plant Sciences

    IJPS · 2 publications · 257 citations

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  5. Ecology

    1 publications · 94 citations

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