[Glinus.com] Thrips pollination of the dioecious ant plant Macaranga hullettii(Euphorbiaceae) in Southeast Asia 1
Thrips pollination of the dioecious ant plant Macaranga hullettii (Euphorbiaceae) in Southeast Asia 1 Ute Moog 2 , 5 , Brigitte Fiala 3 , Walter Federle 4 and Ulrich Maschwitz 2 + Author Affiliations 2 Department of Zoology, J.W. Goethe-University of Frankfurt, Siesmayerstr. 70, D-60054 Frankfurt, Germany; 3 Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Biozentrum, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany; and 4 Department of Integrative Biology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720-3140 USA Received for publication 12 April 2001. Accepted for publication 27 July 2001. Next Section ABSTRACT Discussion about thrips (Thysanoptera) as main pollinators has been controversial in the past because thrips do not fit the preconception of an effective pollinator. In this study, we present evidence for thrips pollination in the dioecious pioneer tree genus Macaranga (Euphorbiace...