The potential for indirect effects between co-flowering plants via shared pollinators depends on resource abundance, accessibility and relatedness
(2014) In Ecology Letters 17(11). p.1389-1399- Abstract
- Co-flowering plant species commonly share flower visitors, and thus have the potential to influence each other's pollination. In this study we analysed 750 quantitative plant-pollinator networks from 28 studies representing diverse biomes worldwide. We show that the potential for one plant species to influence another indirectly via shared pollinators was greater for plants whose resources were more abundant (higher floral unit number and nectar sugar content) and more accessible. The potential indirect influence was also stronger between phylogenetically closer plant species and was independent of plant geographic origin (native vs. non-native). The positive effect of nectar sugar content and phylogenetic proximity was much more... (More)
- Co-flowering plant species commonly share flower visitors, and thus have the potential to influence each other's pollination. In this study we analysed 750 quantitative plant-pollinator networks from 28 studies representing diverse biomes worldwide. We show that the potential for one plant species to influence another indirectly via shared pollinators was greater for plants whose resources were more abundant (higher floral unit number and nectar sugar content) and more accessible. The potential indirect influence was also stronger between phylogenetically closer plant species and was independent of plant geographic origin (native vs. non-native). The positive effect of nectar sugar content and phylogenetic proximity was much more accentuated for bees than for other groups. Consequently, the impact of these factors depends on the pollination mode of plants, e.g. bee or fly pollinated. Our findings may help predict which plant species have the greatest importance in the functioning of plant-pollination networks. (Less)
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- Facilitation, floral traits, flower density, flower resources, indirect, interactions, interspecific competition, morphological similarity, nectar, phylogenetic distance, plant-pollinator networks
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abstract = {{Co-flowering plant species commonly share flower visitors, and thus have the potential to influence each other's pollination. In this study we analysed 750 quantitative plant-pollinator networks from 28 studies representing diverse biomes worldwide. We show that the potential for one plant species to influence another indirectly via shared pollinators was greater for plants whose resources were more abundant (higher floral unit number and nectar sugar content) and more accessible. The potential indirect influence was also stronger between phylogenetically closer plant species and was independent of plant geographic origin (native vs. non-native). The positive effect of nectar sugar content and phylogenetic proximity was much more accentuated for bees than for other groups. Consequently, the impact of these factors depends on the pollination mode of plants, e.g. bee or fly pollinated. Our findings may help predict which plant species have the greatest importance in the functioning of plant-pollination networks.}},
author = {{Carvalheiro, Luisa Gigante and Biesmeijer, Jacobus Christiaan and Benadi, Gita and Fruend, Jochen and Stang, Martina and Bartomeus, Ignasi and Kaiser-Bunbury, Christopher N. and Baude, Mathilde and Gomes, Sofia I. F. and Merckx, Vincent and Baldock, Katherine C. R. and Bennett, Andrew T. D. and Boada, Ruth and Bommarco, Riccardo and Cartar, Ralph and Chacoff, Natacha and Dänhardt, Juliana and Dicks, Lynn V. and Dormann, Carsten F. and Ekroos, Johan and Henson, Kate S. E. and Holzschuh, Andrea and Junker, Robert R. and Lopezaraiza-Mikel, Martha and Memmott, Jane and Montero-Castano, Ana and Nelson, Isabel L. and Petanidou, Theodora and Power, Eileen F. and Rundlof, Maj and Smith, Henrik and Stout, Jane C. and Temitope, Kehinde and Tscharntke, Teja and Tscheulin, Thomas and Vila, Montserrat and Kunin, William E.}},
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keywords = {{Facilitation; floral traits; flower density; flower resources; indirect; interactions; interspecific competition; morphological similarity; nectar; phylogenetic distance; plant-pollinator networks}},
language = {{eng}},
number = {{11}},
pages = {{1389--1399}},
publisher = {{Wiley-Blackwell}},
series = {{Ecology Letters}},
title = {{The potential for indirect effects between co-flowering plants via shared pollinators depends on resource abundance, accessibility and relatedness}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele.12342}},
doi = {{10.1111/ele.12342}},
volume = {{17}},
year = {{2014}},
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