Plants are visited by more pollinator species than pollination syndromes predicted in an oceanic island community.

ABSTRACT: The pollination syndrome concept has provided powerful utility in understanding the evolution and adaptation of floral traits. However, the utility of this conception has been questioned on the grounds that flowers usually attract a broader spectrum of visitors than one might expect. Furthermore, the relationship between plant specialization and floral traits is poorly understood. Here, we examined the applicability of using the pollination syndrome to predict the pollinators of plants on Yongxing Island. We used the species-level specialization of pollination networks to compare the difference of plant ecological specialization among floral traits. The result of full model was not significant, indicating that floral traits did not affect the pollinator functional groups. The five floral t

SUBMITTER: Wang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7434763 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature