Deceptive pollination, a strategy common among orchids (Orchidaceae) occurs when flowers offer no reward to pollinators and draw them, nevertheless, by means of conspicuous and attractive signals, such as color and fragrance. Having variable attracting signals may improve the efficiency of deception by hindering the establishment of predictions about the absence of reward. This idea was developed by Heinrich (1975), who argued that the more dissimilar are the non-rewarding flowers of a given species, the longer it should take pollinators to learn avoiding that species. Signal variability would thus impair generalization between non-rewarding experiences. In this thesis, we tested this hypothesis by focusing on the interaction between a trop...
The orchid Ophrys sphegodes Miller is pollinated by sexually excited males of the solitary bee Andre...
SummaryApproximately one-third of the world's estimated 30,000 orchid species are deceptive and do n...
European food-deceptive orchids generally flower early in spring and rely on naïve pollinators for t...
Deceptive pollination, a strategy common among orchids (Orchidaceae) occurs when flowers offer no re...
La pollinisation dite 'trompeuse' consiste en l'attrait des pollinisateurs par des espèces florales ...
Among floral signals, floral odors are remarkable for their complexity in odorant compounds and thei...
Background and Aims A comparative investigation was made of floral scent variation in the closely re...
5Food deception as a pollination strategy has inspired many studies over the last few decades. Polli...
A standing enigma in pollination ecology is the evolution of pollinator attraction without offering ...
Pollination based on insect deception has been debated in the scientific community since it was firs...
Background and Aims A comparative investigation was made of floral scent variation in the closely re...
Background and Aims A comparative investigation was made of floral scent variation in the closely re...
Résumé : La production de nectar assure aux plantes entomophiles un important succès reproducteur. M...
The orchid family is renowned for its enormous diversity of pollination mechanisms and unusually hig...
The orchid Ophrys sphegodes Miller is pollinated by sexually excited males of the solitary bee Andre...
The orchid Ophrys sphegodes Miller is pollinated by sexually excited males of the solitary bee Andre...
SummaryApproximately one-third of the world's estimated 30,000 orchid species are deceptive and do n...
European food-deceptive orchids generally flower early in spring and rely on naïve pollinators for t...
Deceptive pollination, a strategy common among orchids (Orchidaceae) occurs when flowers offer no re...
La pollinisation dite 'trompeuse' consiste en l'attrait des pollinisateurs par des espèces florales ...
Among floral signals, floral odors are remarkable for their complexity in odorant compounds and thei...
Background and Aims A comparative investigation was made of floral scent variation in the closely re...
5Food deception as a pollination strategy has inspired many studies over the last few decades. Polli...
A standing enigma in pollination ecology is the evolution of pollinator attraction without offering ...
Pollination based on insect deception has been debated in the scientific community since it was firs...
Background and Aims A comparative investigation was made of floral scent variation in the closely re...
Background and Aims A comparative investigation was made of floral scent variation in the closely re...
Résumé : La production de nectar assure aux plantes entomophiles un important succès reproducteur. M...
The orchid family is renowned for its enormous diversity of pollination mechanisms and unusually hig...
The orchid Ophrys sphegodes Miller is pollinated by sexually excited males of the solitary bee Andre...
The orchid Ophrys sphegodes Miller is pollinated by sexually excited males of the solitary bee Andre...
SummaryApproximately one-third of the world's estimated 30,000 orchid species are deceptive and do n...
European food-deceptive orchids generally flower early in spring and rely on naïve pollinators for t...