Orchid sexual deceit provokes ejaculation

American Naturalist

Volumn 171, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Gaskett, A C ^a   Winnick, C G ^a,b   Herberstein, M E ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arms race; Deception; Ejaculation; Haplodiploidy; Orchid pollination

Indexed keywords

ARMS RACE; AVOIDANCE REACTION; ENTOMOPHILY; LEARNING; MIMICRY; MONOCOTYLEDON; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; POLLINATOR; SEX DETERMINATION; SPERM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FLOWER; GENETICS; MALE; ORCHIDACEAE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; WASP;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FLOWERS; MALE; ORCHIDACEAE; POLLINATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; WASPS;

CRYPTOSTYLIS; HEXAPODA; ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 43949145604     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/587532     Document Type: Article

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