Pollinator-Mediated Selection on Floral Traits of Primula tibetica Differs Between Sites With Different Soil Water Contents and Among Different Levels of Nutrient Availability.

ABSTRACT: Abiotic environmental factors are predicted to affect plant traits and the intensity of plant-pollinator interactions. However, knowledge of their potential effects on pollinator-mediated selection on floral traits is still limited. We separately estimated the effects of soil water (two sites with different soil water contents) and N-P-K nutrient availability (different levels of nutrient addition) on pollinator-mediated selection on floral traits of Primula tibetica (an insect-pollinated perennial herbaceous species). Our results demonstrated that floral traits, plant reproductive success and pollinator-mediated selection on floral traits varied between sites with different soil water contents and among different levels of nutrient addition. The strength of pollinator-mediated sele

SUBMITTER: Wu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8921772 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature