Mimicking Livor Mortis: a Well-Known but Unsubstantiated Color Profile in Sapromyiophily
Chen, Gao; Ma, Xiao-Kai; Juergens, Andreas3; Lu, Jun4; Liu, Er-Xi; Sun, Wei-Bang; Cai, Xiang-Hai
刊名JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY
2015
卷号41期号:9页码:808-815
关键词Amorphophallus Deceit pollination Livor mortis Pigments Sapromyophily Spectral reflectance
ISSN号0098-0331
DOI10.1007/s10886-015-0618-2
文献子类Article
英文摘要By emitting strong scents resembling rotting organic materials suitable for oviposition and/or foraging of flies, sapromyiophilous flowers mimic the substrates that attract flies as pollinators. It has been suggested that the wide range of volatile organic compounds emitted by this deceptive pollination system reflects the trophic preferences of flies to different types of substrate, including herbivore and carnivore feces, carrion, and fruiting bodies of fungi. Previous studies suggest that floral scents play a particularly important role in sapromyiophily. However, few studies on the relative importance of floral color or synergy between visual and olfactory cues in sapromyiophily have been substantiated. In this study, we analyzed fetid floral odor, floral pigment composition, and reflectance of an Amorphophallus konjac C. Koch inflorescence, and we conducted bioassays with different visual and/or olfactory cues to explore an unsubstantiated color profile in sapromyiophily: mimicking livor mortis. Our analysis showed A. konjac can emit oligosulphide-dominated volatile blends similar to those emitted by carrion. Necrophagous flies cannot discriminate between the color of an inflorescence, livor mortis, and floral pigments. We concluded that mimicking livor mortis may represent a common tactic of pollinator attraction in carrion flower systems within angiosperms.
学科主题Biochemistry & Molecular Biology ; Ecology
电子版国际标准刊号1573-1561
出版地DORDRECHT
WOS关键词RESOURCE-LOCATION ; POLLINATION ; FLY ; AMORPHOPHALLUS ; MIMICRY ; SARCOPHAGIDAE ; CALLIPHORIDAE ; RAFFLESIACEAE ; EVOLUTION ; BLOWFLIES
WOS研究方向Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
语种英语
出版者SPRINGER
WOS记录号WOS:000362333400004
资助机构Natural Science Foundation of China [31100177, U1302262]
内容类型期刊论文
源URL[http://ir.ibcas.ac.cn/handle/2S10CLM1/25895]  
专题系统与进化植物学国家重点实验室
作者单位1.Chinese Acad Sci, Kunming Inst Bot, Kunming Bot Garden, Kunming 650204, Yunnan, Peoples R China
2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Bot, State Key Lab Systemat & Evolutionary Bot, Beijing 100093, Peoples R China
3.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China
4.Univ KwaZulu Natal, Sch Life Sci, ZA-3209 Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
5.Yunnan Acad Agr Sci, Inst Konjac, Fuyuan 655500, Yunan, Peoples R China
6.Enshi Acad Agr Sci, Inst Konjac, Enshi 445000, Hubei, Peoples R China
7.Chinese Acad Sci, Kunming Inst Bot, State Key Lab Phytochem & Plant Resources West Ch, Kunming 650204, Peoples R China
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Chen, Gao,Ma, Xiao-Kai,Juergens, Andreas,et al. Mimicking Livor Mortis: a Well-Known but Unsubstantiated Color Profile in Sapromyiophily[J]. JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY,2015,41(9):808-815.
APA Chen, Gao.,Ma, Xiao-Kai.,Juergens, Andreas.,Lu, Jun.,Liu, Er-Xi.,...&Cai, Xiang-Hai.(2015).Mimicking Livor Mortis: a Well-Known but Unsubstantiated Color Profile in Sapromyiophily.JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY,41(9),808-815.
MLA Chen, Gao,et al."Mimicking Livor Mortis: a Well-Known but Unsubstantiated Color Profile in Sapromyiophily".JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY 41.9(2015):808-815.
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