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ANTHER EATING BY SNAILS AND SLUGS IN STREPTOCARPUS
Author(s) -
Neijzing M. G.,
Zeven A. C.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
acta botanica neerlandica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.871
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1438-8677
pISSN - 0044-5983
DOI - 10.1111/j.1438-8677.1976.tb01071.x
Subject(s) - slug , biology , stamen , foraging , gastropoda , snail , pollination , sri lanka , botany , zoology , ecology , pollen , history , ethnology , south asia
SUMMARY One snail species, Zonitoides arborius , and one slug species, Deroceras laeve , were discovered seeking anthers of streptocarpus cultivars for food. There are no indications that their foraging movements induce self‐ or cross‐pollination (malacophily).