Inflorescences of Xanthosoma undipes (Araceae) thermoregulate, heating to temperatures ranging from 36ºC-46°C. Scarab beetles in the genus Cyclocephala spp. (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), the pollinators of X. undipes, arrive at the inflorescence during heat production and remain for a period of two days, copulating and feeding. In this study I tested the hypothesis that thermogenesis is a mechanism by which to encourage pollinator copulation. Using an experimental design in which beetles were mated under varying temperature conditions to test for an optimal copulating temperature, I expected highest mating frequency to correspond to maximum inflorescence temperature. No correlation was found between temperature and mating frequency, suggestin...
International audiencePhilodendron acutatum (Araceae) is a hemiepiphyte common to the Atlantic Fores...
The roles of floral thermogenesis in pollination biology include attraction and reward of insects. M...
In endotherms insects, the thermoregulatory mechanisms modulate heat transfer from the thorax to the...
Inflorescences of Xanthosoma undipes (Araceae) thermoregulate, heating to temperatures ranging from ...
Many pollinators have evolved very specified obligate mutualisms with the plants that they pollinate...
Xanthosoma robustum (Araceae) relies upon thermogenic heating just after sunset to attract its mutua...
Spadices of many aroids (Araceae) go through a process known as thermogenesis , manufacturing heat ...
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In neotropical forests, adults of many large scarab beetle species spend most of their time inside t...
In neotropical forests, adults of many large scarab beetle species spend most of their time inside t...
Cyclocephala colasi beetles are facultative endotherms that spend most of their adult lives inside t...
The increase in body temperature over that of the environment has been frequently reported in insect...
Inflorescences of the species Xanthosoma robustum (Araceae) create various microhabitats during the ...
Mark and recaptured methods were utilized to determine the site fidelity of two species of scarabid ...
A study of the pollination ecology of Magnolia tamaulipana and its specialized pollinator, Cycloceph...
International audiencePhilodendron acutatum (Araceae) is a hemiepiphyte common to the Atlantic Fores...
The roles of floral thermogenesis in pollination biology include attraction and reward of insects. M...
In endotherms insects, the thermoregulatory mechanisms modulate heat transfer from the thorax to the...
Inflorescences of Xanthosoma undipes (Araceae) thermoregulate, heating to temperatures ranging from ...
Many pollinators have evolved very specified obligate mutualisms with the plants that they pollinate...
Xanthosoma robustum (Araceae) relies upon thermogenic heating just after sunset to attract its mutua...
Spadices of many aroids (Araceae) go through a process known as thermogenesis , manufacturing heat ...
© The Author 2006. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Annals of Botany Company• B...
In neotropical forests, adults of many large scarab beetle species spend most of their time inside t...
In neotropical forests, adults of many large scarab beetle species spend most of their time inside t...
Cyclocephala colasi beetles are facultative endotherms that spend most of their adult lives inside t...
The increase in body temperature over that of the environment has been frequently reported in insect...
Inflorescences of the species Xanthosoma robustum (Araceae) create various microhabitats during the ...
Mark and recaptured methods were utilized to determine the site fidelity of two species of scarabid ...
A study of the pollination ecology of Magnolia tamaulipana and its specialized pollinator, Cycloceph...
International audiencePhilodendron acutatum (Araceae) is a hemiepiphyte common to the Atlantic Fores...
The roles of floral thermogenesis in pollination biology include attraction and reward of insects. M...
In endotherms insects, the thermoregulatory mechanisms modulate heat transfer from the thorax to the...