Mimicking Livor Mortis: a Well-Known but Unsubstantiated Color Profile in Sapromyiophily

doi:10.1007/s10886-015-0618-2

	Mimicking Livor Mortis: a Well-Known but Unsubstantiated Color Profile in Sapromyiophily
	Chen, Gao ; Ma, Xiao-Kai ; Juergens, Andreas 3; Lu, Jun 4; Liu, Er-Xi ; Sun, Wei-Bang ; Cai, Xiang-Hai
	2015
发表期刊	JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY
ISSN	0098-0331
卷号	41 期号:9 页码:808-815
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.
关键词	Amorphophallus Deceit pollination Livor mortis Pigments Sapromyophily Spectral reflectance
学科领域	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology ; Ecology
DOI	10.1007/s10886-015-0618-2
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
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)
WOS记录号	WOS:000362333400004
出版者	SPRINGER
文献子类	Article
出版地	DORDRECHT
EISSN	1573-1561
资助机构	Natural Science Foundation of China [31100177, U1302262]
作者邮箱	wbsun@mail.kib.ac.cn ; xhcai@mail.kib.ac.cn
引用统计	被引频次：34[WOS] [WOS记录] [WOS相关记录]
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	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
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	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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