Florivory and Pollination Intersection: Changes in Floral Trait Expression Do Not Discourage Hummingbird Pollination
Many flowers are fed on by florivores, but we know little about if and how feeding on flowers affects their visual and chemical advertisement and nectar resource, which could disrupt pollination. Here, we investigated if damages caused by florivores compromise a Neotropical hummingbird pollination s...
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| author | Priscila Tunes Priscila Tunes Stefan Dötterl Elza Guimarães |
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| description | Many flowers are fed on by florivores, but we know little about if and how feeding on flowers affects their visual and chemical advertisement and nectar resource, which could disrupt pollination. Here, we investigated if damages caused by florivores compromise a Neotropical hummingbird pollination system, by modifying the floral advertisements and the nectar resource. We surveyed natural florivory levels and patterns, examined short-term local effects of floral damages caused by the most common florivore, a caterpillar, on floral outline, intra-floral colour pattern and floral scent, as well as on the amount of nectar. Following, we experimentally tested if the most severe florivory pattern affected hummingbird pollination. The feeding activity of the most common florivore did not alter the intra-floral colour pattern, floral scent, and nectar volume, but changed the corolla outline. However, this change did not affect hummingbird pollination. Despite visual floral cues being important for foraging in hummingbirds, our results emphasise that changes in the corolla outline had a neutral effect on pollination, allowing the maintenance of florivore–plant–pollinator systems without detriment to any partner. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5f4e384997f249749d6a1154e0fa851a2022-12-22T00:05:13ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Plant Science1664-462X2022-03-011310.3389/fpls.2022.813418813418Florivory and Pollination Intersection: Changes in Floral Trait Expression Do Not Discourage Hummingbird PollinationPriscila Tunes0Priscila Tunes1Stefan Dötterl2Elza Guimarães3Postgraduate Program in Biological Sciences (Botany), Institute of Biosciences, São Paulo State University, Botucatu, BrazilLaboratory of Ecology and Evolution of Plant-Animal Interactions, Institute of Biosciences, São Paulo State University, Botucatu, BrazilDepartment of Environment and Biodiversity, Paris Lodron University of Salzburg, Salzburg, AustriaLaboratory of Ecology and Evolution of Plant-Animal Interactions, Institute of Biosciences, São Paulo State University, Botucatu, BrazilMany flowers are fed on by florivores, but we know little about if and how feeding on flowers affects their visual and chemical advertisement and nectar resource, which could disrupt pollination. Here, we investigated if damages caused by florivores compromise a Neotropical hummingbird pollination system, by modifying the floral advertisements and the nectar resource. We surveyed natural florivory levels and patterns, examined short-term local effects of floral damages caused by the most common florivore, a caterpillar, on floral outline, intra-floral colour pattern and floral scent, as well as on the amount of nectar. Following, we experimentally tested if the most severe florivory pattern affected hummingbird pollination. The feeding activity of the most common florivore did not alter the intra-floral colour pattern, floral scent, and nectar volume, but changed the corolla outline. However, this change did not affect hummingbird pollination. Despite visual floral cues being important for foraging in hummingbirds, our results emphasise that changes in the corolla outline had a neutral effect on pollination, allowing the maintenance of florivore–plant–pollinator systems without detriment to any partner.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2022.813418/fullfloral colourfloral damagefloral scenthummingbird pollinationPyrostegia venustafloral cues |
| spellingShingle | Priscila Tunes Priscila Tunes Stefan Dötterl Elza Guimarães Florivory and Pollination Intersection: Changes in Floral Trait Expression Do Not Discourage Hummingbird Pollination Frontiers in Plant Science floral colour floral damage floral scent hummingbird pollination Pyrostegia venusta floral cues |
| title | Florivory and Pollination Intersection: Changes in Floral Trait Expression Do Not Discourage Hummingbird Pollination |
| title_full | Florivory and Pollination Intersection: Changes in Floral Trait Expression Do Not Discourage Hummingbird Pollination |
| title_fullStr | Florivory and Pollination Intersection: Changes in Floral Trait Expression Do Not Discourage Hummingbird Pollination |
| title_full_unstemmed | Florivory and Pollination Intersection: Changes in Floral Trait Expression Do Not Discourage Hummingbird Pollination |
| title_short | Florivory and Pollination Intersection: Changes in Floral Trait Expression Do Not Discourage Hummingbird Pollination |
| title_sort | florivory and pollination intersection changes in floral trait expression do not discourage hummingbird pollination |
| topic | floral colour floral damage floral scent hummingbird pollination Pyrostegia venusta floral cues |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2022.813418/full |
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