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Plant-Environment Interactions, Signaling and Communication in Plants, From Sensory Plant Biology to Active Plant Behavior
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SYSNO ASEP 0340914 Document Type M - Monograph Chapter R&D Document Type Monograph Chapter Title Deceptive behaviour in plants II.Food deception by plants:from generalized systems to specialized floral mimicry Author(s) Jersáková, Jana (UEK-B) RID, SAI, ORCID
Johnson, S.D. (ZA)
Jürgens, A. (ZA)Number of authors 3 Source Title Plant-Environment Interactions, Signaling and Communication in Plants, From Sensory Plant Biology to Active Plant Behavior. - Berlin Heidelberg : Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2009 / Baluška František - ISBN 978-3-540-89229-8 Pages s. 223-246 Number of pages 14 s. Number of copy 250 Number of pages 308 Language eng - English Country DE - Germany Keywords food deception ; orchid ; Batesian floral mimicry ; visual cue ; olfactory cue Subject RIV EF - Botanics R&D Projects KJB600870601 GA AV ČR - Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (AV ČR) CEZ AV0Z60870520 - UEK-B (2005-2011) Annotation Most of the ca.8,000 angiosperm species that lack floral rewards are orchids pollinated by food-seekong animals.The fitness benefits of floral deception are still being debated,but most of the available evidence suggests that food deception evolves because it strongly promotes cross-pollination.These plants are generally considered to employ either generalized food deception(exploiting innate preferences of pollinators)or Batesian floral mimicry(exploiting conditioned preferences of pollinators). Workplace Global Change Research Institute Contact Nikola Šviková, svikova.n@czechglobe.cz, Tel.: 511 192 268 Year of Publishing 2010
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