Spatial isolation impacts pollinator visitation and reproductive success of a threatened self-incompatible Mediterranean tree
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Resumo: | Pollination service is crucial to achieve successful plant sexual reproduction and long-term population persistence. This pollination service can be affected by plant conspecific density and also by intrinsic features of individuals related to their flowering phenology and floral display. However, studies examining intrinsic and extrinsic traits on pollinator visitation and reproductive success of Mediterranean trees with limited reproduction are still scarce. We analyzed the effects of plant isolation, flowering phenology, flower weight and tree size on flower visitation probability, flowering patch visitation probability, fruit set and crop size. To this end, we intensively monitored pollinator visitation and fruit production of 67 (in 2019) and 73 (in 2020) Pyrus bourgaeana Decne trees within a threatened Mediterranean population. Our results revealed that isolated individuals received more pollinators than those on conspecific aggregations, suggesting intraspecific competition for pollinators in dense flowering neighborhoods. However, fruit set was higher in trees close to flowering conspecifics despite having fewer visits from pollinators, suggesting pollen limitation but not pollinator limitation in spatially isolated trees. Interestingly, we found increased crop sizes in spatially isolated trees which could be related to reduced intraspecific competition for resources in low-density neighborhoods (water, nutrients) and/or to higher reproductive investment (i.e. higher flower production). Overall, our results indicated pollen but not pollinator limitation in spatially isolated trees. Under this scenario of sexual reproduction mediated by pollinators, our findings stress the relevance of individuals’ spatial distribution for self-incompatible trees exhibiting low individuals’ densities |
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Spatial isolation impacts pollinator visitation and reproductive success of a threatened self-incompatible Mediterranean treeplant isolationpollinationpollination variationflowering synchronyflower weightfruit productiontree sizeself-incompatibilityMediterranean forestsPollination service is crucial to achieve successful plant sexual reproduction and long-term population persistence. This pollination service can be affected by plant conspecific density and also by intrinsic features of individuals related to their flowering phenology and floral display. However, studies examining intrinsic and extrinsic traits on pollinator visitation and reproductive success of Mediterranean trees with limited reproduction are still scarce. We analyzed the effects of plant isolation, flowering phenology, flower weight and tree size on flower visitation probability, flowering patch visitation probability, fruit set and crop size. To this end, we intensively monitored pollinator visitation and fruit production of 67 (in 2019) and 73 (in 2020) Pyrus bourgaeana Decne trees within a threatened Mediterranean population. Our results revealed that isolated individuals received more pollinators than those on conspecific aggregations, suggesting intraspecific competition for pollinators in dense flowering neighborhoods. However, fruit set was higher in trees close to flowering conspecifics despite having fewer visits from pollinators, suggesting pollen limitation but not pollinator limitation in spatially isolated trees. Interestingly, we found increased crop sizes in spatially isolated trees which could be related to reduced intraspecific competition for resources in low-density neighborhoods (water, nutrients) and/or to higher reproductive investment (i.e. higher flower production). Overall, our results indicated pollen but not pollinator limitation in spatially isolated trees. Under this scenario of sexual reproduction mediated by pollinators, our findings stress the relevance of individuals’ spatial distribution for self-incompatible trees exhibiting low individuals’ densitiesElsevierRepositório da Universidade de LisboaAlonso-López, M.TeresaGarrote, Pedro J.Fedriani, José M.2022-10-20T13:52:35Z20222022-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/25757engActa Oecologica 117 (2022) 103866https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actao.2022.103866info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-03-06T14:55:17Zoai:www.repository.utl.pt:10400.5/25757Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T17:09:31.804203Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Spatial isolation impacts pollinator visitation and reproductive success of a threatened self-incompatible Mediterranean tree |
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Spatial isolation impacts pollinator visitation and reproductive success of a threatened self-incompatible Mediterranean tree |
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Spatial isolation impacts pollinator visitation and reproductive success of a threatened self-incompatible Mediterranean tree Alonso-López, M.Teresa plant isolation pollination pollination variation flowering synchrony flower weight fruit production tree size self-incompatibility Mediterranean forests |
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Spatial isolation impacts pollinator visitation and reproductive success of a threatened self-incompatible Mediterranean tree |
title_full |
Spatial isolation impacts pollinator visitation and reproductive success of a threatened self-incompatible Mediterranean tree |
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Spatial isolation impacts pollinator visitation and reproductive success of a threatened self-incompatible Mediterranean tree |
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Spatial isolation impacts pollinator visitation and reproductive success of a threatened self-incompatible Mediterranean tree |
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Spatial isolation impacts pollinator visitation and reproductive success of a threatened self-incompatible Mediterranean tree |
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Alonso-López, M.Teresa |
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Alonso-López, M.Teresa Garrote, Pedro J. Fedriani, José M. |
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Garrote, Pedro J. Fedriani, José M. |
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Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa |
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Alonso-López, M.Teresa Garrote, Pedro J. Fedriani, José M. |
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plant isolation pollination pollination variation flowering synchrony flower weight fruit production tree size self-incompatibility Mediterranean forests |
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plant isolation pollination pollination variation flowering synchrony flower weight fruit production tree size self-incompatibility Mediterranean forests |
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Pollination service is crucial to achieve successful plant sexual reproduction and long-term population persistence. This pollination service can be affected by plant conspecific density and also by intrinsic features of individuals related to their flowering phenology and floral display. However, studies examining intrinsic and extrinsic traits on pollinator visitation and reproductive success of Mediterranean trees with limited reproduction are still scarce. We analyzed the effects of plant isolation, flowering phenology, flower weight and tree size on flower visitation probability, flowering patch visitation probability, fruit set and crop size. To this end, we intensively monitored pollinator visitation and fruit production of 67 (in 2019) and 73 (in 2020) Pyrus bourgaeana Decne trees within a threatened Mediterranean population. Our results revealed that isolated individuals received more pollinators than those on conspecific aggregations, suggesting intraspecific competition for pollinators in dense flowering neighborhoods. However, fruit set was higher in trees close to flowering conspecifics despite having fewer visits from pollinators, suggesting pollen limitation but not pollinator limitation in spatially isolated trees. Interestingly, we found increased crop sizes in spatially isolated trees which could be related to reduced intraspecific competition for resources in low-density neighborhoods (water, nutrients) and/or to higher reproductive investment (i.e. higher flower production). Overall, our results indicated pollen but not pollinator limitation in spatially isolated trees. Under this scenario of sexual reproduction mediated by pollinators, our findings stress the relevance of individuals’ spatial distribution for self-incompatible trees exhibiting low individuals’ densities |
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