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Pollination by cockroaches in Clusia aff. sellowiana (Clusiaceae) on inselbergs in French Guiana

Publication at Faculty of Science, First Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics |
2008

Abstract

The study examines unique interaction between a Clusia species and its cockroach pollinator. The plant emits volatiles that possibly mimic sexual signalling of the cockroach