Unexpectedly low paternal diversity is associated with infrequent pollinator visitation for a bird-pollinated plant.
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DOI: 10.1007/s00442-021-04906-x
Abstract: The behaviour of pollinators has important consequences for plant mating. Nectar-feeding birds often display behaviour that results in more pollen carryover than insect pollinators, which is predicted to result in frequent outcrossing and high paternal… read more here.
Keywords: bird pollinated; low paternal; bird; paternal diversity ... See more keywords
Getting around: Effects of fragmentation on a bird-pollinated Erica species
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DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2021.05.012
Abstract: Abstract Small or isolated plant populations might be expected to provide limited nectar resources to attract or sustain pollinators. We determined whether the plant-pollinator mutualism between the obligate out-crossing ornithophilous species Erica discolor, and its… read more here.
Keywords: around effects; bird pollinated; getting around; effects fragmentation ... See more keywords
Primary pollinator exclusion has divergent consequences for pollen dispersal and mating in different populations of a bird‐pollinated tree
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DOI: 10.1111/mec.15264
Abstract: Pollination by nectarivorous birds is predicted to result in different patterns of pollen dispersal and plant mating compared to pollination by insects. We tested the prediction that paternal genetic diversity, outcrossing rate and realized pollen… read more here.
Keywords: insects; primary pollinator; pollen dispersal; exclusion ... See more keywords