Living Away From Specialized Pollinators: The Pollination System of Cieba Pentandra in the Yucatan Peninsula.

ABSTRACT: Plant-pollinator systems can exist along the gradient from extreme specialization to extreme generalization. Theoretical work predicts that high pollinator reliability may lead to specialized pollination systems, while pollinator unpredictability may promote generalized pollination systems. However, empirical tests of these predictions are constrained by the availability of accurate field observations, particularly in some groups of plants, such as trees pollinated by nocturnal animals. Plant species that face variable pollinator availability within their distributional range represent an ideal study system to address the effect of pollination predictability on the specialization level of pollination systems. This is the case of Ceiba pentandra, a tropical tree with chiropterophilic

SUBMITTER: Dzul-Cauich H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11850988 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature