Interactions between the sexually deceptive orchid Spiculaea ciliata and its wasp pollinator Thynnoturneria sp. (Hymenoptera: Thynninae)

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 629-636

  Alcock, J ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deception; Male Behaviour; Mating System; Orchids; Thynnine Wasps

Indexed keywords

FLOWER; POLLINATION; WASP;

HYMENOPTERA; SPICULAEA CILIATA; THYNNOTURNERIA;

EID: 0034113874     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/002229300299480     Document Type: Article

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