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- Title
Pollinator visitation, pollen limitation, and selection on flower size through female function in contrasting habitats within a population of Campanula persicifolia.
- Authors
Hansen, Vivi-Irèn; Totland, Ørjan
- Abstract
We looked at whether flower visitation rates, pollen limitation on seed production, and phenotypic selection on flower size through female function varied across a sharp gradient in light intensity (open meadow vs. forest) within a population of the perennial plant Campanula persicifolia L. (Campanulaceae). Flower visitation rates of putative pollinators were similar in both habitats. Seed number per fruit was strongly pollen limited, with no difference in the magnitude of pollen limitation between the two habitats. This strong pollen limitation set the basis for significant phenotypic selection, through female function, on a trait that probably is important for pollinator attraction: flower size. This was revealed by path analysis and structural equation modelling. The lack of difference in pollen limitation on seed production in the two habitats may be explained by the similarity in flower visitation rates in the two habitats. Moreover, the similarity in pollen limitation in the two habitats probably resulted in a similar magnitude and direction of selection on flower size through female function. Our results suggest that pollen limitation and selection through female function may vary little across space within a popualtion despite large variation in the environmental conditions experienced by plants.
- Subjects
POLLINATION; CAMPANULACEAE; CAMPANULA; POLLINATORS; INSECT pollinators; PATH analysis (Statistics); STRUCTURAL equation modeling; PLANT fertilization; FLOWERS; POLLEN
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Botany, 2006, Vol 84, Issue 3, p412
- ISSN
0008-4026
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1139/B06-012