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    Flower constancy or pollinator constancy is a behavior of pollinators wherein an individual exclusively visits a single flower species or morph to the...
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    visit flowers that had the same distinct floral scent during successive foraging events, suggesting that chemical cues are important to flower constancy. Furthermore...
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    as flower constancy prevents the loss of pollen during interspecific flights and pollinators from clogging stigmas with pollen of other flower species...
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    and other insects maintain flower constancy by transferring pollen to other biologically specific plants; this prevents flower stigmas from being clogged...
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    same patches of flowers every day, as long as they continue to find nectar and pollen there, a habit known as pollinator or flower constancy. While foraging...
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    butterfly shows a flower constancy in foraging, visiting flower species that it has already experienced. The ability to find nectar from the flower increases...
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    bees, but they are capable of moving pollen over greater distances. Flower constancy has been observed for at least one species of butterfly. Adult butterflies...
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    as flower constancy prevents the loss of pollen during different flights and the pollinators from clogging stigmas with pollen of other flower species...
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    resource odors to other nestmates. Aristotle, in addition to describing flower constancy behavior, suspected that some form of communication occurred between...
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    diverse foraging strategies, generalist foraging habits (polylecty), and flower constancy during foraging trips. Nest densities and colony sizes can result in...
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    green-and-white flowers with a long spur at the base of the lip. Pollination occurs through hawkmoths. The separation of species is upheld by flower constancy of pollinators...
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    Pollination syndrome (category Flowers)
    on a plant species, rather than move to the next flower of any species? Although pollinator constancy was recognized by Aristotle, the benefits to animals...
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    commonly heart-shaped. The plant flowers in summer. What is often called the "flower" of the sunflower is actually a "flower head" (pseudanthium), 7.5–12...
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    235903022 White, Daniel; Cribb, Bronwen W.; Heard, Tim A. (2001-02-18). "Flower Constancy of the Stingless Bee Trigona Carbonaria Smith (Hymenoptera: Apidae:...
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    Mudge, Patricia; Deringis, Pamela (1977). "Laboratory Analysis of Flower Constancy in Foraging Bumblebees: Bombus ternarius and B. terricola". Behavioral...
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  • List of plants with symbolism (category Language of flowers)
    also known as 花言葉 – Japanese form of the language of flowers List of national flowers – flowers that represent specific geographic areas Plants in culture –...
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    Pollinators that forage in a frequency-dependent manner will exhibit flower constancy for a certain morph, but the preferred floral type will be dependent...
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    Floral scent (category Flowers)
    S2CID 84019949. Chittka, Lars; Thomson, James D.; Waser, Nickolas M. (1999). "Flower Constancy, Insect Psychology, and Plant Evolution". Naturwissenschaften. 86 (8):...
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    Osmia cornifrons has a high flower constancy, signifying that the bee will return to the same species of flower. Both males and females will create a...
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  • visited another Iris nelsonii flower significantly more than expected (more than chance), revealing a flower constancy that may result in reproductive...
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    Hyacinth (redirect from Hyacinth (flower))
    silence. In Roman Catholic tradition, H. orientalis represents prudence, constancy, desire of heaven, and peace of mind. American rock band The Doors released...
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    Chittka, Lars; Thomson, James D.; Waser, Nickolas M. (3 August 1999). "Flower Constancy, Insect Psychology, and Plant Evolution". Naturwissenschaften. 86 (8):...
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    James D. (2005-08-01). "Effects of parasitic mites and protozoa on the flower constancy and foraging rate of bumble bees". Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology...
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    of Orchids (1862) Pollination Pollination syndrome Floral biology Flower constancy Cruzan, Mitchell B. (11 September 2018). Evolutionary biology a plant...
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    Campanulaceae. In floriography, it represents gratitude, or faith and constancy. The specific epithet medium means that this plant has intermediate characteristics...
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  • jewels, the diamond Of heavenly bodies, Saturn Of virtues, constancy or prudence Of flowers, the herb nightshade, in these circumstances also called dwal...
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  • feature of the visual system is called chromatic adaptation, or color constancy; when the correction occurs in a camera it is referred to as white balance...
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    (Polistes and Trogus mactator). P. xuthus utilizes color vision and color constancy while foraging for plants of the family Rutaceae. It is common and not...
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    Pink is a pale tint of red, the color of the pink flower. It was first used as a color name in the late 17th century. According to surveys in Europe and...
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    Retrieved January 22, 2019. Cucciniello, Lisa (2008). "Rose to Rosary: The Flower of Venus in Catholicism". Rose Lore: Essays in Semiotics and Cultural History...
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