Sex-specific volatile compounds influence microarthropod-mediated fertilization of moss

Todd N. Rosenstiel, Erin E. Shortlidge, Andrea N. Melnychenko, James F. Pankow and Sarah M. Eppley ()
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Todd N. Rosenstiel: Portland State University, 1719 SW 10th Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97201, USA
Erin E. Shortlidge: Portland State University, 1719 SW 10th Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97201, USA
Andrea N. Melnychenko: Portland State University, 1719 SW 10th Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97201, USA
James F. Pankow: 1719 SW 10th Avenue, Portland State University
Sarah M. Eppley: Portland State University, 1719 SW 10th Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97201, USA

Nature, 2012, vol. 489, issue 7416, 431-433

Abstract: Volatile scents of moss Ceratodon purpureus show sex-specific differences and are similar in chemical diversity to those of plant–insect pollination mutualisms; and moss-dwelling microarthropods, whose presence increases C. purpureus fertilization rates, prefer scents of reproductive female C. purpureus to reproductive males, indicating a scent-based ‘plant–pollinator-like’ relationship between mosses and microarthropods.

Date: 2012
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