The role of individual variation in flowering and pollination in the reproductive success of a crepuscular buzz-pollinated plant.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Plant individuals within a population differ in their phenology and interactions with pollinators. However, it is still unknown how individual differences affect the reproductive success of plants that have functionally specialized pollination systems. Here, we evaluated whether plant individual specialization in phenology (temporal specialization) and in pollination (pollinator specialization) affect the reproductive success of the crepuscular-bee-pollinated plant Trembleya laniflora (Melastomataceae).

Methods

We quantified flowering activity (amplitude, duration and overlap), plant-pollinator interactions (number of flowers visited by pollinators) and reproductive success (fruit set) of T. laniflora individuals from three distinct locations in rupestria

SUBMITTER: Soares NC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7789112 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature