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Floral Mimicry (Paperback)
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Floral Mimicry (Paperback)
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Mimicry is a classic example of adaptation through natural
selection. The traditional focus of mimicry research has been on
defence in animals, but there is now also a highly-developed and
rapidly-growing body of research on floral mimicry in plants. This
has coincided with a revolution in genomic tools, making it
possible to explore which genetic and developmental processes
underlie the sometimes astonishing changes that give rise to floral
mimicry. Being literally rooted to one spot, plants have to cajole
animals into acting as couriers for their pollen. Floral mimicry
encompasses a set of evolutionary strategies whereby plants imitate
the food sources, oviposition sites, or mating partners of animals
in order to exploit them as pollinators. This first definitive book
on floral mimicry discusses the functions of visual, olfactory, and
tactile signals, integrating them into a broader theory of
organismal mimicry that will help guide future research in the
field. It addresses the fundamental question of whether the
evolutionary and ecological principles that were developed for
protective mimicry in animals can also be applied to floral mimicry
in plants. The book also deals with the functions of floral
rewardlessness, a condition which often serves as a precursor to
the evolution of mimicry in plant lineages. The authors pay
particular attention to the increasing body of research on chemical
cues: their molecular basis, their role in cognitive
misclassification of flowers by pollinators, and their implications
for plant speciation. Comprehensive in scope and conceptual in
focus, Floral Mimicry is primarily aimed at senior undergraduates,
graduate students, and researchers in plant science and
evolutionary biology.
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