The role of short-tongued insects in floral variation across the range of a style-dimorphic plant | Zendy

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The role of short-tongued insects in floral variation across the range of a style-dimorphic plant

Author(s) -

Rocío SantosGally,

Rocío PérezBarrales,

Violeta I. Simón,

Juan Arroyo

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

annals of botany

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.567

H-Index - 176

eISSN - 1095-8290

pISSN - 0305-7364

DOI - 10.1093/aob/mcs261

Subject(s) - pollinator , perianth , biology , heterostyly , pollination , pollen , population , range (aeronautics) , ecology , sexual dimorphism , stamen , botany , zoology , demography , sociology , composite material , materials science

Heterostyly and related style polymorphisms are suitable model systems to evaluate the importance of functional pollinators in the maintenance of population variability. In Narcissus papyraceus different functional pollinators, incompatibility system and flower morphology have been proposed to influence the maintenance of polymorphism through their effect on disassortative mating. Here a test is done to find out if the visitation rate of long- versus short-tongued pollinators correlates with the morph ratio and if the latter is related to other flower traits of the species across its main geographic range.

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