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Signal honesty and cost of pollinator-rewards in Dalechampia

Posted on September 14th, 2012 by Alex

Most species of Dalechampia vines (Euphorbiaceae) attract bee pollinators with terpenoid resins secreted by a gland-like structure in the inflorescence. Pélabon et al. study the costs of resin production in D. scandens and find no evidence for a trade-off between resin and seed production. Instead, after correcting for blossom size, they find that plants producing more [...]