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The potential for indirect effects between co-flowering plants via shared pollinators depends on resource abundance, accessibility and relatedness.

Carvalheiro, Luísa Gigante ; Biesmeijer, Jacobus Christiaan ; Benadi, Gita ; Fründ, Jochen ; Stang, Martina ; Bartomeus, Ignasi ; Kaiser-Bunbury, Christopher N. ; Baude, Mathilde ; Gomes, Sofia I F. ; Merckx, Vincent ; Baldock, Katherine C. R. ; Bennett, Andrew T. D. ; Boada, Ruth ; Bommarco, Riccardo ; Cartar, Ralph ; Chacoff, Natacha ; Dänhardt, Juliana ; Dicks, Lynn V. ; Dormann, Carsten F. ; Ekroos, Johan ; Henson, Kate S. E. ; Holzschuh, Andrea ; Junker, Robert R. ; Lopezaraiza-Mikel, Martha ; Memmott, Jane ; Montero-Castaño, Ana ; Nelson, Isabel L. ; Petanidou, Theodora ; Power, Eileen F. ; Rundlöf, Maj ; Smith, Henrik G. ; Stout, Jane C. ; Temitope, Kehinde ; Tscharntke, Teja ; Tscheulin, Thomas ; Vilà, Montserrat ; Kunin, William E. (2014)
The potential for indirect effects between co-flowering plants via shared pollinators depends on resource abundance, accessibility and relatedness.
In: Ecology letters, 17 (11)
Artikel, Bibliographie

Kurzbeschreibung (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.

Typ des Eintrags: Artikel
Erschienen: 2014
Autor(en): Carvalheiro, Luísa Gigante ; Biesmeijer, Jacobus Christiaan ; Benadi, Gita ; Fründ, Jochen ; Stang, Martina ; Bartomeus, Ignasi ; Kaiser-Bunbury, Christopher N. ; Baude, Mathilde ; Gomes, Sofia I F. ; Merckx, Vincent ; Baldock, Katherine C. R. ; Bennett, Andrew T. D. ; Boada, Ruth ; Bommarco, Riccardo ; Cartar, Ralph ; Chacoff, Natacha ; Dänhardt, Juliana ; Dicks, Lynn V. ; Dormann, Carsten F. ; Ekroos, Johan ; Henson, Kate S. E. ; Holzschuh, Andrea ; Junker, Robert R. ; Lopezaraiza-Mikel, Martha ; Memmott, Jane ; Montero-Castaño, Ana ; Nelson, Isabel L. ; Petanidou, Theodora ; Power, Eileen F. ; Rundlöf, Maj ; Smith, Henrik G. ; Stout, Jane C. ; Temitope, Kehinde ; Tscharntke, Teja ; Tscheulin, Thomas ; Vilà, Montserrat ; Kunin, William E.
Art des Eintrags: Bibliographie
Titel: The potential for indirect effects between co-flowering plants via shared pollinators depends on resource abundance, accessibility and relatedness.
Sprache: Englisch
Publikationsjahr: 2014
Titel der Zeitschrift, Zeitung oder Schriftenreihe: Ecology letters
Jahrgang/Volume einer Zeitschrift: 17
(Heft-)Nummer: 11
Kurzbeschreibung (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.

Fachbereich(e)/-gebiet(e): 10 Fachbereich Biologie
10 Fachbereich Biologie > Komplexe ökologische Netzwerke
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