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Smells like aphids: orchid flowers mimic aphid alarm pheromones to attract hoverflies for pollination

Most insects are dependent on chemical communication for activities such as mate finding or host location. Several plants, and especially orchids, mimic insect semiochemicals to attract insects for unrewarded pollination. Here, we present a new case of pheromone mimicry found in the terrestrial orch...

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Main Authors: Stökl, Johannes, Brodmann, Jennifer, Dafni, Amots, Ayasse, Manfred, Hansson, Bill S.
Format: Artigo
Sprog:Inglês
Udgivet: The Royal Society 2011
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Online adgang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3049078/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20943694
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2010.1770
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