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Diel patterns of activity for insect pollinators of two oil palm species (Arecales : Arecaceae)

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Auffray T., Frérot B., Poveda R., Louise C., Beaudoin-Ollivier L.
2017

The pollination of two oil palm species, Elaeis guineensis Jacquin and Elaeis oleifera Cortés (Arecales: Arecaceae), depends on a mutualistic relation with insects, which use male inflorescences as a brood site, and visits female inflorescences lured by the emitted odor, which is similar to that of males. Although the activity of visiting the inflorescences by these insects is critical for the ...

Physiologie végétale : reproduction; Ecologie animale

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