RT Journal Article
T1 Flower color preferences of insects and livestock: effects on Gentiana lutea reproductive success
A1 Sobral Bernal, Mª Mar
A1 Losada, María
A1 Veiga Blanco, Tania
A1 Guitián Rivera, Javier Ángel
A1 Guitián Rivera, José
A1 Guitián Rivera, Pablo
K1 Animal Behavior
K1 Conservation Biology
K1 Ecology
K1 Evolutionary Studies
K1 Plant Science
K1 Flower color variation
K1 Gentiana lutea
K1 Insect herbivory
K1 Large mammal herbivory
K1 Herbivore preferences
AB Angiosperms diversification was primarily driven by pollinator agents, but non-pollinator agents also promoted floral evolution. Gentiana lutea shows pollinator driven flower color variation in NW Spain. We test whether insect herbivores and livestock, which frequently feed in G.lutea, play a role in G. lutea flower color variation, by answering the following questions: (i) Do insect herbivores and grazing livestock show flower color preferences when feeding on G. lutea? (ii) Do mutualists (pollinators) and antagonists (seed predators, insect herbivores and livestock) jointly affect G. lutea reproductive success? Insect herbivores fed more often on yellow flowering individuals but they did not affect seed production, whereas livestock affected seed production but did not show clear color preferences. Our data indicate that flower color variation of G. lutea is not affected by insect herbivores or grazing livestock
PB PeerJ
SN 2167-8359
YR 2016
FD 2016-03-15
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/15955
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/15955
LA eng
NO Sobral M, Losada M, Veiga T, Guitián J, Guitián J, Guitián P. (2016) Flower color preferences of insects and livestock: effects on Gentiana lutea reproductive success. PeerJ 4:e1685 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1685
NO This study is included in the project “Color polymorphism, geographic variation in the interactions and phenotypic selection. The case of Gentiana lutea L in the Cantabrian Mountains,” financially supported by Secretary of State of I+D+I, Ministry of Science and Innovation, Government of Spain (2011–2013). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript
DS Minerva
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