10 Flashcards
!!!polination axis? 4*
electrolytes, nectar is _______ for pollinators?
Gatorade
avocado flower nectar is high concentration in?
potassium.
Cations most common present in nectar? 3*
Calcium, sodium, potassium.
Pollenkitt?
lipophilic enfleurage (lipid dissolvent extraction of floral volatiles)
lipophilic?
Combine with or dissolve in lipids.
Pollenkit function?
Dissolve chemicals that retain smell for pollinators to remember and like it.
What compounds are common in pollen kit? 4*
Starch, water, lipids, protein
Common flower rewards?
nectar, pollen
Do all, some, or no plants provide oils as nutritious rewards for pollinators?
Some
two ways to diversify gene flow/dispersal strategies?
*Conservative fruit structure, radiation of flower types
*Conservative floral structure, radiation of fruit types (trying to explore every niche possible for dispersal)
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All South American Malphighiaceae have oil-bee pollinated flowers, but this lineage explores?
Diverse options for biotic or abiotic fruit dispersal in different habitats.
How do flowers advertise?
flavonoid pigments absorb UV light and indicate the location of floral resources at close range.
Nectar guide?
guides pollinators on where recourses are at for pollination/dispersers
Proboscis Extension Reflex (PER)?
Primary tools used to pollinator learning experiments by taking an insect and restrain it somehow. You touch the q-tip with sugar into their antenna. It should trigger a reflex.
