Are food-deceptive orchid species really functionally specialized for pollinators?

• Published in: Ecological research Vol. 32; no. 6; pp. 951 - 959
• Main Authors: Fantinato, Edy, Del Vecchio, Silvia, Baltieri, Mattia, Fabris, Beatrice, Buffa, Gabriella
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo Springer Japan 01.11.2017; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Anacamptis morio; Bees; Behavioral Sciences; Biomedical and Life Sciences; butterflies; Butterflies & moths; Dry grasslands; Ecological effects; Ecology; equations; Evolutionary Biology; Flowers & plants; Food; Foods; Food‐deceptive orchids; Forestry; Functional specialization; Grasslands; Guilds; Himantoglossum; Italy; Life Sciences; Mathematical models; meta-analysis; Orchis; Original Article; phenotype; Phenotypes; Plant reproduction; Plant Sciences; Pollination; Pollinators; Specialization; Specialization trade‐offs; Species; Spectra; Zoology; Italy; Food-deceptive orchids; Functional specialization; Specialization trade-offs; Dry grasslands; Pollination

Food-deceptive orchid species have traditionally been considered pollination specialized to bees or butterflies. However, it is unclear to which concept of specialization this assumption is related; if to that of phenotypic specialization or of functional specialization. The main aim of this work wa...