Floral mimicry enhances pollen export: The evolution of pollination by sexual deceit outside of the orchidaceae

American Naturalist

Volumn 176, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Ellis, Allan G ^a,b   Johnson, Steven D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Gorteria diffusa; Male function; Pollination; Pseudocopulation; Sensory bias; Sexual deception

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; EXPLOITATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FITNESS; FLORAL TRAIT; FLY; HERB; MIMICRY; MORPHOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLEN; POLLINATION; SELECTION; SENSORY SYSTEM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FLOWER; FLY; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; ASTERACEAE; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DIPTERA; FEMALE; FLOWERS; MALE; POLLINATION; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; BOMBYLIIDAE; GORTERIA; GORTERIA DIFFUSA; HYMENOPTERA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 78349282612     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/656487     Document Type: Article

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