Ecological convergence in phytochemistry and flower-insect visitor interactions along an Andean elevation gradient.

ABSTRACT: The diversity of specialized molecules produced by plants radiating along ecological gradients is thought to arise from plants' adaptations to local conditions. Therefore, closely related species growing in similar habitats should phylogenetically converge, or diverge, in response to similar climates, or similar interacting animal communities. We here asked whether closely related species in the genus Haplopappus (Asteraceae) growing within the same elevation bands in the Andes, converged to produce similar floral odors. To do so, we combine untargeted analysis of floral volatile organic compounds with insect olfactory bioassay in congeneric Haplopappus (Asteraceae) species growing within the same elevation bands along the Andean elevational gradient. We then asked whether th

SUBMITTER: Carvajal Acosta AN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10432872 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature