Entomophily
Definition
Insect pollination. Entomophilous plants produce sticky, often echinate pollen in smaller quantities. Because it is not designed for aerial travel it does not accumulate in background pollen rain, making its presence on clothing or skin more significant as a transfer indicator.
Related terms
- Anemophily
- Wind pollination. Anemophilous plants produce vast quantities of lightweight, smooth or finely sculpted pollen designed for long-distance aerial transport. Grasses, birch, oak,...
- Local signal
- Pollen from plants growing very close to the sampling point, contributing taxa or proportions that deviate from the regional airborne background and...
- Pollen rain
- The continuous deposition of airborne pollen onto surfaces in a landscape. Pollen rain reflects regional vegetation and season. It forms the interpretive...
- Sporopollenin
- The highly chemically inert polymer forming the outer wall (exine) of pollen grains and spores. Resistant to acid, alkali, oxidation, and biological...
- Taphonomy
- The systematic modification of bone by environmental processes after death, operating over the burial or exposure interval. Includes weathering, soil staining, sun...
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- Pollen Dispersal, Deposition, and PersistenceInsect pollination. Entomophilous plants produce sticky, often echinate pollen in smaller quantities. Because it is not designed for aerial travel it does not...