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Hung KLJ, Fan SL, Strang CG, Park MG, Thomson JD. Pollen carryover, pollinator movement, and spatial context impact the delivery of pollination services in apple orchards. ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS : A PUBLICATION OF THE ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2023; 33:e2917. [PMID: 37661589 DOI: 10.1002/eap.2917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2022] [Revised: 07/17/2023] [Accepted: 07/29/2023] [Indexed: 09/05/2023]
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Assessing the relative contributions of different pollinator taxa to pollination services is a central task in both basic eco-evolutionary research and applied conservation and agriculture. To that end, many studies have quantified single-visit pollen deposition and visitation frequency, which together determine a pollinator species' rate of conspecific pollen delivery. However, for plant species that require or benefit from outcrossing, pollination service quality further depends upon the ratio of outcross to self-pollen deposited, which is determined by two additional pollinator traits: pollen carryover and movement patterns among genetically compatible plant individuals. Here, we compare the pollination capacities of managed honey bees, native bumble bees, and native mining bees in apple-a varietally self-incompatible commercial crop-when pollen carryover and pollinator movement patterns are considered. We constructed simulation models of outcross pollen deposition parameterized using empirically measured single-visit pollen deposition, visitation frequency, and probabilities of intertree movement exhibited by each pollinator type, as well as pollen carryover patterns simulated based on parameters reported in the literature. In these models, we also explicitly specified the spatial relationships among cross-compatible trees based on field-realistic orchard layout schemes. We found that estimated pollination service delivery was considerably reduced for all pollinator types when pollen carryover and pollinator movement patterns were considered, as compared to when only single-visit pollen deposition and visitation frequency were considered. We also found that the performance of different pollinator types varied greatly across simulated orchard layout schemes and pollen carryover scenarios, including one instance where bumble and mining bees reversed their relative rankings. In all simulations, native bumble and mining bees outperformed managed honey bees in terms of both outcross pollen delivery per unit time and per flower visited, with disparities being greatest under scenarios of low pollen carryover. We demonstrate the degree to which pollination studies may reach inaccurate conclusions regarding pollination service delivery when pollen carryover and pollinator movement patterns are ignored. Our finding of the strong context dependence of pollination efficiency, even within a single plant-pollinator taxon pair, cautions that future studies in both basic and applied pollination biology should explicitly consider the ecological context in which pollination interactions take place.
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- Keng-Lou James Hung
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Oklahoma Biological Survey, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- College of Natural Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
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- Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Shaik RS, Zhu X, Clements DR, Weston LA. Understanding invasion history and predicting invasive niches using genetic sequencing technology in Australia: case studies from Cucurbitaceae and Boraginaceae. CONSERVATION PHYSIOLOGY 2016; 4:cow030. [PMID: 27766152 PMCID: PMC5069847 DOI: 10.1093/conphys/cow030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2015] [Revised: 06/20/2016] [Accepted: 06/27/2016] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Part of the challenge in dealing with invasive plant species is that they seldom represent a uniform, static entity. Often, an accurate understanding of the history of plant introduction and knowledge of the real levels of genetic diversity present in species and populations of importance is lacking. Currently, the role of genetic diversity in promoting the successful establishment of invasive plants is not well defined. Genetic profiling of invasive plants should enhance our understanding of the dynamics of colonization in the invaded range. Recent advances in DNA sequencing technology have greatly facilitated the rapid and complete assessment of plant population genetics. Here, we apply our current understanding of the genetics and ecophysiology of plant invasions to recent work on Australian plant invaders from the Cucurbitaceae and Boraginaceae. The Cucurbitaceae study showed that both prickly paddy melon (Cucumis myriocarpus) and camel melon (Citrullus lanatus) were represented by only a single genotype in Australia, implying that each was probably introduced as a single introduction event. In contrast, a third invasive melon, Citrullus colocynthis, possessed a moderate level of genetic diversity in Australia and was potentially introduced to the continent at least twice. The Boraginaceae study demonstrated the value of comparing two similar congeneric species; one, Echium plantagineum, is highly invasive and genetically diverse, whereas the other, Echium vulgare, exhibits less genetic diversity and occupies a more limited ecological niche. Sequence analysis provided precise identification of invasive plant species, as well as information on genetic diversity and phylogeographic history. Improved sequencing technologies will continue to allow greater resolution of genetic relationships among invasive plant populations, thereby potentially improving our ability to predict the impact of these relationships upon future spread and better manage invaders possessing potentially diverse biotypes and exhibiting diverse breeding systems, life histories and invasion histories.
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- Razia S. Shaik
- Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation (Charles Sturt University and NSW Department of Primary Industries), Locked Bag 588, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2678, Australia
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- Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation (Charles Sturt University and NSW Department of Primary Industries), Locked Bag 588, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2678, Australia
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- Department of Biology, Trinity Western University, Langley, BC, CanadaV2Y 1Y1
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- Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation (Charles Sturt University and NSW Department of Primary Industries), Locked Bag 588, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2678, Australia
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Increased genetic diversity in the populations of Echium vulgare L. colonising Zn–Pb waste heaps. BIOCHEM SYST ECOL 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bse.2015.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Devaux C, Lande R, Porcher E. Pollination ecology and inbreeding depression control individual flowering phenologies and mixed mating. Evolution 2014; 68:3051-65. [DOI: 10.1111/evo.12507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2013] [Accepted: 07/18/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Céline Devaux
- Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier; UMR 5554 34095 Montpellier France
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- Division of Biology; Imperial College London; Silwood Park Campus; Ascot Berkshire SL5 7PY United Kingdom
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- Division of Biology; Imperial College London; Silwood Park Campus; Ascot Berkshire SL5 7PY United Kingdom
- Centre d'Ecologie et des Sciences de la Conservation; UMR MNHN-CNRS-UPMC 7204 75005 Paris France
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Devaux C, Lepers C, Porcher E. Constraints imposed by pollinator behaviour on the ecology and evolution of plant mating systems. J Evol Biol 2014; 27:1413-30. [PMID: 24750302 DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2013] [Revised: 01/31/2014] [Accepted: 03/20/2014] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Most flowering plants rely on pollinators for their reproduction. Plant-pollinator interactions, although mutualistic, involve an inherent conflict of interest between both partners and may constrain plant mating systems at multiple levels: the immediate ecological plant selfing rates, their distribution in and contribution to pollination networks, and their evolution. Here, we review experimental evidence that pollinator behaviour influences plant selfing rates in pairs of interacting species, and that plants can modify pollinator behaviour through plastic and evolutionary changes in floral traits. We also examine how theoretical studies include pollinators, implicitly or explicitly, to investigate the role of their foraging behaviour in plant mating system evolution. In doing so, we call for more evolutionary models combining ecological and genetic factors, and additional experimental data, particularly to describe pollinator foraging behaviour. Finally, we show that recent developments in ecological network theory help clarify the impact of community-level interactions on plant selfing rates and their evolution and suggest new research avenues to expand the study of mating systems of animal-pollinated plant species to the level of the plant-pollinator networks.
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- C Devaux
- Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier, UMR 5554, Université Montpellier 2, Montpellier, France
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Leiss K, Peet M, Klinkhamer P. Does spatial aggregation of total nectar production lead to genetic structure? Basic Appl Ecol 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2008.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Given the occurrence of mixed mating systems among plants, a general mechanism explaining the evolution and maintenance of this condition is needed. Although numerous theoretical models predict mixed mating to be evolutionarily stable, conditions favoring intermediate selfing are often stringent and have limited applicability. Here we investigated the role of vegetative herbivory, a ubiquitous biotic factor limiting plant reproduction, in the mating system expression of Impatiens capensis (Balsaminaceae), a species with an obligate mixed-mating system (individuals produce both selfing, cleistogamous, and facultatively outcrossing, chasmogamous flowers). Herbivory reduced proportional chasmogamous reproduction partially, but not entirely, through a reduction in plant size and the strength of this effect varied among replicates. Herbivory decreased geitonogamous selfing in chasmogamous flowers via several mechanisms including reduced chasmogamous flower display size and pollinator visitation rate and altered pollinator composition. Overall, herbivory caused a decrease in whole-plant outcrossing, indicating that the effects of herbivory on proportional chasmogamous reproduction, which favor selfing, outweigh the effects on chasmogamous outcrossing rate, which favor outcrossing. Not only do our findings unravel the mechanisms underlying herbivore-mediated changes in the mating system, but they also point to the role of natural enemies in contributing to the maintenance of a mixed mating system.
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- Janette A Steets
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA.
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JOHNSON STEVEND, NEAL PAULR, HARDER LAWRENCED. Pollen fates and the limits on male reproductive success in an orchid population. Biol J Linn Soc Lond 2005. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2005.00541.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Duan YW, He YP, Liu JQ. Reproductive ecology of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau endemic Gentiana straminea (Gentianaceae), a hermaphrodite perennial characterized by herkogamy and dichogamy. ACTA OECOLOGICA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2005.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Miyake YC, Sakai S. Effects of number of flowers per raceme and number of racemes per plant on bumblebee visits and female reproductive success in Salvia nipponica (Labiatae). Ecol Res 2005. [DOI: 10.1007/s11284-004-0035-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Maad J, Reinhammar LG. Incidence of geitonogamy differs between two populations in the hawkmoth-pollinated Platanthera bifolia (Orchidaceae). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004. [DOI: 10.1139/b04-124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We estimated geitonogamy in individuals with different inflorescence sizes in a small (100–200 flowering individuals) and a large population (>700 flowering individuals) of the self-compatible, moth-pollinated orchid Platanthera bifolia (L.) L. C. Rich. (Orchidaceae). Geitonogamy was estimated as the percent reduction in pollen receipt by emasculated compared with control plants over seven nights. Geitonogamy in the small population was 23% and 38% during 2 years, respectively. In contrast, no geitonogamy was detected during a single flowering season in the large population. Geitonogamy did not vary with inflorescence size and emasculation had no impact on fruit set. The difference in geitonogamy between the populations in the present study may be related to pollinator abundance and behaviour. We suggest that incidence of geitonogamy will be higher if the pollinator carries smaller pollen loads when arriving at a plant because there will be a smaller fraction of cross-pollen carried after visiting one flower. Geitonogamy may be influenced by available number of mates, pollen load size, pollinator behaviour, and pollen carryover.Key words: geitonogamy, population size, inflorescence size, pollen-limitation, pollen carryover, self-pollination.
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Karron JD, Mitchell RJ, Holmquist KG, Bell JM, Funk B. The influence of floral display size on selfing rates in Mimulus ringens. Heredity (Edinb) 2003; 92:242-8. [PMID: 14666135 DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Pollinators often visit several flowers in sequence on plants with large floral displays. This foraging pattern is expected to influence the rate of self-fertilization in self-compatible taxa. To quantify the effects of daily floral display on pollinator movements and selfing, we experimentally manipulated flower number in four replicate (cloned) arrays of Mimulus ringens (Scrophulariaceae), each consisting of genets with unique combinations of homozygous marker genotypes. Four display classes (two, four, eight and 16 flowers) were present in each array. Pollinator visitation rate per flower and seed set per fruit were unaffected by display. However, flower number strongly influenced the frequency of within-plant pollinator movements, which increased from 13.8% of probes on two-flower displays to 77.6% of probes on 16-flower displays. The proportion of within-plant movements was significantly correlated with selfing (r = 0.993). The increase from 22.9% selfing on two-flower displays to 37.3% selfing on 16-flower displays reflects changes in the extent of geitonogamous self-pollination. We estimate that approximately half of all selfing on 16-flower displays resulted from geitonogamy. Selfing also varied dramatically among fruits within display classes. Nested ANOVA indicates that differences among flowers on two-flower ramets accounted for 45.4% of the variation in selfing, differences among genets accounted for 16.1% of the variation, and statistical and sampling error accounted for 38.5% of the variation. Differences among flowers within ramets may reflect the order of sequential floral probes on a display.
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- J D Karron
- Department of Biological Sciences, PO Box 413, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA.
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Korbecka G, Vrieling K, Squirrell J, Hale ML, Wolff K. Characterization of six microsatellite loci in Echium vulgare (Boraginaceae). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2003. [DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-8286.2003.00421.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Ohashi K. Consequences of floral complexity for bumblebee-mediated geitonogamous self-pollination in Salvia nipponica Miq. (Labiatae). Evolution 2002; 56:2414-23. [PMID: 12583582 DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2002.tb00167.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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I address how floral complexity influences geitonogamous self-pollination through manipulation of pollinator behavior in Salvia nipponica. The pivoting stamens of S. nipponica hinder nectar-collecting bumblebees from crawling into flowers, increasing the probing time per flower. I predicted that longer probing times would reduce the relative cost of moving between plants, causing bees to leave plants earlier. To test this prediction, I simplified S. nipponica flowers by removing the stamens from all open flowers within a 75-m2 quadrat. Bumblebees probed these flowers more quickly than intact flowers, but the stamen removal affected neither the frequency of flower revisitation nor the flight distance between plants. In response to the decrease in the probing time per flower, bees probed more flowers on these plants. Therefore, in S. nipponica, floral complexity reduces the opportunity for geitonogamous self-pollination. Stamen removal also increased bee visitation per flower, suggesting that this sort of complexity deters visitation. To keep complex flowers attractive, therefore, selection might increase floral rewards or longevity. Floral complexity might evolve in an integrative manner with the rest of the floral phenotype.
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- Kazuharu Ohashi
- Biological Institute, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan.
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Ohashi K. CONSEQUENCES OF FLORAL COMPLEXITY FOR BUMBLEBEE–MEDIATED GEITONOGAMOUS SELF-POLLINATION IN SALVIA NIPPONICA MIQ. (LABIATAE). Evolution 2002. [DOI: 10.1554/0014-3820(2002)056[2414:cofcfb]2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Klinkhamer PGL, de Jong TJ, Linnebank LA. Small-scale spatial patterns determine ecological relationships: an experimental example using nectar production rates. Ecol Lett 2001. [DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2001.00267.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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