Specific ant-pollination in an alpine orchid and the role of floral scent in attracting pollinating ants

Alpine Botany

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-9

  Schiestl, Florian P ^a   Glaser, Florian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Technisches Büro für Biologie   (Austria)

Author keywords

Floral evolution; Floral filter; Floral VOC; Formicidae; Orchidaceae

Indexed keywords

ANT; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FLOWER VISITING; HERB; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION; SCENT MARKING; WASP;

CHAMORCHIS; FORMICA LEMANI; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; LEPTOTHORAX ACERVORUM; ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 84859910972     PISSN: 16642201     EISSN: 1664221X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00035-011-0098-0     Document Type: Article

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