Variability in Floral Scent in Rewarding and Deceptive Orchids: The Signature of Pollinator-imposed Selection?

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Antonio Marco Nardella · University of Naples Federico II

Salvatore Cozzolino · University of Naples Federico II

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Whereas in the rewarding A. coriophora stabilizing selection imposed by floral constancy of the pollinators may reduce scent variability, in the deceptive A. morio the emitted scent seems to be too weak to be detected by pollinators and thus its high variability may result from relaxed selection on this floral trait.

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Plant and animal studies Plant Parasitism and Resistance Insect and Pesticide Research

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Published in: Annals of Botany

Volume 100, Issue 4, pp. 757-765

DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcm161

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Variability in Floral Scent in Rewarding and Deceptive Orchids: The Signature of Pollinator-imposed Selection?

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