A5058431285- Plant and animal studies
- Plant Parasitism and Resistance
- Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
University of Calabria
2023-2024
Inflorescence display size and flower position on the inflorescence play important roles in plant reproduction, formation of fruits are primarily linked to pollinator behaviour. We used three orchids determine how visitation rates choice depend number flowers along inflorescence. measured reproductive success (1) natural conditions, (2) hand-pollination experiments (3) an experimental design, by modifying composition inflorescences populations two deceptive orchids, Orchis anthropophora O....
Abstract The orchid family is renowned for its enormous diversity in pollination biology. Many species use deception to attract pollinators, and the main strategy terrestrial orchids food deception. Food‐deceptive usually show a low number of pollinator visitations, making field observations pollinators difficult. In this study visual census, capture molecular analysis pollinaria found on caught insects allowed us obtain information composition pollinators. A total 321 were caught; most...