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标题：Simulated and empiric wind pollination patterns of conifer ovulate cones
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作者：Karl J. Niklas
期刊名称：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
印刷版ISSN：0027-8424
电子版ISSN：1091-6490
出版年度：1982
卷号：79
期号：2
页码：510-514
DOI：10.1073/pnas.79.2.510
语种：English
出版社：The National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
摘要：Wind tunnel analyses of conifer ovulate cones indicate that the total geometry of the cone enhances the probability of pollen entrapment. Aerodynamic characteristics of cone scale-bract complexes are such that suspended pollen is directed toward the micropyles of attached ovules. Within the taxa examined, there appears to be a preferential entrapment by ovulate cones of pollen of the same species. The data are interpreted as evidence for an aerodynamic reciprocity between wind-suspended pollen and the structure of ovulate cones which increases the frequency of pollination and the potential for fertilization.
关键词：ecology ; aerodynamics ; wind tunnel ; pollen ; pine