dc.contributor.author |
Gaskett, Anne |
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dc.contributor.author |
Winnick, CG |
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dc.contributor.author |
Herberstein, ME |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2012-03-14T03:32:15Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2008-06 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
The American Naturalist 171(6):E206-E212 Jun 2008 |
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dc.identifier.issn |
0003-0147 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2292/14333 |
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dc.description.abstract |
Sexually deceptive orchids lure pollinators by mimicking female insects. Male insects fooled into gripping or copulating with orchids unwittingly transfer the pollinia. The effect of deception on pollinators has been considered negligible, but we show that pollinators may suffer considerable costs. Insects pollinating Australian tongue orchids (Cryptostylis species) frequently ejaculate and waste copious sperm. The costs of sperm wastage could select for pollinator avoidance of orchids, thereby driving and maintaining sexual deception via antagonistic coevolution or an arms race between pollinator learning and escalating orchid mimicry. However, we also show that orchid species provoking such extreme pollinator behavior have the highest pollination success. How can deception persist, given the costs to pollinators? Sexually‐deceptive‐orchid pollinators are almost exclusively solitary and haplodiploid species. Therefore, female insects deprived of matings by orchid deception could still produce male offspring, which may even enhance orchid pollination. |
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dc.language |
EN |
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dc.publisher |
University of Chicago Press |
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dc.relation.ispartofseries |
American Naturalist |
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dc.rights |
Items in ResearchSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. Previously published items are made available in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Details obtained from http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/0003-0147/ |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm |
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dc.subject |
orchid pollination |
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dc.subject |
deception |
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dc.subject |
ejaculation |
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dc.subject |
arms race |
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dc.subject |
haplodiploidy |
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dc.subject |
DECEPTIVE ORCHID |
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dc.subject |
CHEMICAL COMMUNICATION |
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dc.subject |
TERRESTRIAL ORCHIDS |
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dc.subject |
OPHRYS-SPHEGODES |
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dc.subject |
MATE CHOICE |
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dc.subject |
POLLINATION |
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dc.subject |
HYMENOPTERA |
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dc.subject |
EVOLUTION |
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dc.subject |
AUSTRALIA |
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dc.subject |
MIMICRY |
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dc.title |
Orchid sexual deceit provokes ejaculation |
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dc.type |
Journal Article |
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dc.identifier.doi |
10.1086/587532 |
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pubs.issue |
6 |
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pubs.begin-page |
E206 |
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pubs.volume |
171 |
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dc.rights.holder |
Copyright: University of Chicago |
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dc.identifier.pmid |
18433329 |
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pubs.author-url |
http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/587532 |
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pubs.end-page |
E212 |
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dc.rights.accessrights |
http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/RestrictedAccess |
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pubs.subtype |
Article |
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pubs.elements-id |
164629 |
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pubs.org-id |
Science |
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pubs.org-id |
Biological Sciences |
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dc.identifier.eissn |
0003-0147 |
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pubs.record-created-at-source-date |
2012-02-09 |
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pubs.dimensions-id |
18433329 |
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