RT Journal Article
T1 Selective pressures explain differences in flower color among Gentiana lutea Populations
A1 Sobral Bernal, Mª Mar
A1 Veiga Blanco, Tania
A1 Domínguez Lapido, Paula
A1 Guitián Rivera, Javier Ángel
A1 Guitián Rivera, Pablo
A1 Guitián Rivera, José
AB Flower color variation among plant populations might reflect adaptation to local conditions such as the interacting animal community. In the northwest Iberian Peninsula, flower color of Gentiana lutea varies longitudinally among populations, ranging from orange to yellow. We explored whether flower color is locally adapted and the role of pollinators and seed predators as agents of selection by analyzing the influence of flower color on (i) pollinator visitation rate and (ii) escape from seed predation and (iii) by testing whether differences in pollinator communities correlate with flower color variation across populations. Finally, (iv) we investigated whether variation in selective pressures explains flower color variation among 12 G. lutea populations. Flower color influenced pollinator visits and differences in flower color among populations were related to variation in pollinator communities. Selective pressures on flower color vary among populations and explain part of flower color differences among populations of G. lutea. We conclude that flower color in G. lutea is locally adapted and that pollinators play a role in this adaptation.
PB PLOS
YR 2015
FD 2015
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/21901
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/21901
LA eng
NO Sobral M, Veiga T, Domínguez P, Guitián JA, Guitián P, Guitián JM (2015) Selective Pressures Explain Differences in Flower Color among Gentiana lutea Populations. PLoS ONE 10(7): e0132522. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0132522
NO This work was financed by the Plan Nacional de I + D + I (2008-2011), CGL2009-08959 Ministerio de Ciencia. T.V. was supported by a PhD grant from the Plan Galego de Investigación e Crecemento 2011/2015 (Plan I2C), Consellería de Educación e Ordenación Universitaria e Innovación
DS Minerva
RD 1 may 2026