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Floral community predicts pollinators’ color preference: implications for Batesian floral mimicry

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  • Michael R Whitehead
  • Anne C Gaskett
  • Steven D Johnson

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African long tongue fly pollinators strongly prefer colors most often associated with their nectar diet. Most flowers offer a nectar reward in exchange for pollination by animals. However, some orchids cheat pollinators, mimicking the color signals of nectar-bearing flowers but offering no reward. Using artificial flowers, we show that the color composition of a flowering community determines the success of this mimicry because of its tight link to a pollinator’s color preference.

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  • Michael R Whitehead & Anne C Gaskett & Steven D Johnson, 2019. "Floral community predicts pollinators’ color preference: implications for Batesian floral mimicry," Behavioral Ecology, International Society for Behavioral Ecology, vol. 30(1), pages 213-222.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:beheco:v:30:y:2019:i:1:p:213-222.
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