Pollinator attraction in a sexually deceptive orchid by means of unconventional chemicals

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1514, 2003, Pages 517-522

  Ayasse, Manfred ^a,c   Schiestl, Florian P ^a,d   Paulus, Hannes F ^a   Ibarra, Fernando ^b   Francke, Wittko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c Department of Experimental Ecology ^*  (Germany)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Campsoscolia ciliata; Chemical mimicry; Ophrys speculum; Oxygenated acids; Pollination by sexual deception

Indexed keywords

9 HYDROXYDECANOIC ACID; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; DECANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HYDROXYACID; OXOACID; SEX PHEROMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE AGENT;

ATTRACTANT; CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; MIMICRY; POLLINATION; ZOOPHILY;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENANTIOMER; FLOWER; HONEYBEE; NONHUMAN; ORCHIDACEAE; OXYGENATION; POLLINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALITY; WASP;

APIS MELLIFERA; CAMPSOSCOLIA CILIATA; HYMENOPTERA; OPHRYS; OPHRYS SPECULUM; ORCHIDACEAE; SCOLIIDAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0037423867     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2271     Document Type: Conference Paper

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