Heterospecific pollen avoidance strategy prevails in the generalized plant-pollinator network on Yongxing Island

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Heterospecific pollen (HP) deposition varies widely among species in communities, which has been explicated by two adaptation strategies: HP avoidance and HP tolerance. Studies of the plant-pollinator network have uncovered that oceanic island communities are highly generalized and strongly connected. It remains unclear, however, which strategy prevails in such communities. We examined stigma pollen deposition on 29 plant species, and assessed patterns of HP load size and diversity in the Yongxing Island community. We assessed the effects of phenotypic specialization and species-level network structural properties of plant species on pollen deposition among species. The hypothesis of three accrual patterns of HP within species was tested by illustrating the relationship between conspecific pollen (CP) and HP receipt. Extensive variation occurred among species in HP receipt, while 75.9% of species received less than 10% HP and one species received more than 40% HP throughout the community. Flower size strongly drives the variation of HP receipt, while network structural properties had no effect on the pollen receipt. Nineteen species showed no relationship between the number of HP and CP loads, and they received smaller HP load sizes and lower HP proportions. Most plant species evolved HP avoidance strategy, and HP receipt was an occasional event for most plant species in the generalized community. HP and CP receipts are independent of each other in plant species with the HP avoidance mechanism. Our results highlight that plants in the generalized pollination system may preferentially select to minimize the HP load on stigmas.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

Enthalten in:

Ecology and evolution - 14(2024), 3 vom: 12. März, Seite e11123

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wang, Xiang-Ping [VerfasserIn]
Cai, Jin-Chao [VerfasserIn]
Tong, Ma-Yin [VerfasserIn]
Shi, Miao-Miao [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Zhong-Tao [VerfasserIn]
Li, Shi-Jin [VerfasserIn]
Tu, Tie-Yao [VerfasserIn]

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Heterospecific pollen avoidance
Journal Article
Network structural properties
Oceanic island
Phenotypic specialization
Pollen deposition
Pollination network

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Date Revised 07.03.2024

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/ece3.11123

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NLM369345479