The ecology and evolution of pollen odors

By Heide E. M. Dobson, Gunnar Bergström. Plant Systematics and Evolution, 2000

313 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science, Plant Science

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In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

1. T. Ashman
2. R. Raguso
3. Robert R. Junker
4. S. Potts
5. N. Blüthgen
6. P. Willmer
7. N. E. Raine
8. P. Kevan

In Insect Science

1. T. Ashman
2. Robert R. Junker
3. R. Raguso
4. N. E. Raine
5. N. Blüthgen
6. P. Willmer
7. Nina Theis
8. B. Larson

In Plant Science

1. T. Ashman
2. R. Raguso
3. Robert R. Junker
4. S. Potts
5. P. Kevan
6. B. Larson
7. David I. Inouye
8. N. Blüthgen

Citations in the corpus

• The scent of a male: The role of floral volatiles in pollination of a gender dimorphic plant (2005, background): “However, plant volatile emissions mediate a variety of plant–animal interactions (Dobson 1989, Dobson and Bergstrom 2000), and the role of floral volatiles as pollinator attractants is known for several pollinator classes (reviewed in Dobson 1991, Raguso 2001).”
• The Evolution of Function in Plant Secondary Metabolites (2003, background): “Pollen and anthers can have altogether different mixtures of volatile scents compared to the rest of the flower, and many pollen-feeding insects are adapted to discerning these scent mixtures (Dobson 1987; Dobson and Bergstrom 2000).”
• Aposematic (Warning) Coloration in Plants (2009, unknown): “Pollen odors in certain wind-pollinated plants that do not attract pollinators are rich in defensive molecules such as a -methyl alcohols and ketones (Dobson and Bergström 2000) .”
• Floral scents repel potentially nectar-thieving ants (2008, background): “…include physical barriers, such as narrow corolla tubes that exclude larger non-pollinating insects from nectar glands (Pijl, 1955) or sticky stems of inflorescences (Harley, 1991), and chemical defences such as toxic nectar (Adler, 2000) and deterrent pollen (Dobson and Bergström, 2000).”
• Floral volatiles controlling ant behaviour (2009, background): “Existing compilations of floral and ⁄or pollen volatiles (Dobson & Bergström 2000; Knudsen et al. 2006) do contain some compounds that are known to affect some ant behaviours or to act as components of ant pheromones or defensive secretions.”
• Flies and Flowers II: Floral Attractants and Rewards (2014, background): “Odours are often liberated from flowers, either to attract pollinators from a distance or to direct them to certain portions of the flower (Dobson 1994; Dobson & Bergström 2000; Knudsen et al. 2006; Willmer 2011).”
• Diversity and distribution of floral scent (2006, background): “…defensive and physiological functions of floral volatiles may well predate the origin of the angiosperms (Pellmyr & Thien, 1986, Thien et al., 2000), and floral scent, especially that of pollen, may therefore constitute an ancient trait, already present in preangiosperms (Dobson & Bergström, 2000).”