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| Title |
Rain pollination provides reproductive assurance in a deceptive orchid
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Annals of Botany, July 2012
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| DOI | 10.1093/aob/mcs165 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Xu-Li Fan, Spencer C. H. Barrett, Hua Lin, Ling-Ling Chen, Xiang Zhou, Jiang-Yun Gao |
| Abstract |
Abiotic pollination by wind or water is well established in flowering plants. In some species pollination by rain splashes, a condition known as ombrophily, has been proposed as a floral strategy. However, evidence for this type of abiotic pollination has remained controversial and many reported cases have subsequently been shown to be false. This study investigates ombrophily in the deceptive orchid Acampe rigida to determine the mechanism by which this species is able to maintain high fecundity, despite flowering during the rainy season in south-west China when pollinators are scarce. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 5 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2 | 40% |
| United States | 2 | 40% |
| Sweden | 1 | 20% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 4 | 80% |
| Members of the public | 1 | 20% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 77 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 3% |
| Belgium | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 74 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 15 | 19% |
| Researcher | 12 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 12 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 8% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 5 | 6% |
| Other | 17 | 22% |
| Unknown | 10 | 13% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 43 | 56% |
| Environmental Science | 8 | 10% |
| Unspecified | 3 | 4% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 3% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 6 | 8% |
| Unknown | 14 | 18% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 14. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 16 April 2023.
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#729
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#16,786
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#3
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