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CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY
Volume 7, Issue 4, Pages 434-440Publisher
CURRENT BIOLOGY LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2004.05.010
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- NCRR NIH HHS [P20 RR 016461] Funding Source: Medline
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This paper explores the landscape of integrated sensory signals that are produced by flowers, and the contextual information that modulates pollinator responses to such signals. Chiloglottis orchids are pollinated by mimicking the pheromone and posture of female thynnine wasps, but floral height provides the context within which male wasps respond to these signals. The odor and appearance of carrion attract blowflies to Helicodiceros inflorescences, but flies are more likely to enter the floral chamber when heat is present as a contextual cue. Finally, fragrance, UV-visual cues and echo fingerprints are redundant signals that Glossophaga bats can use to find flowers, depending on prior experience and the photic environment.
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