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dc.contributor.authorSolis-Montero, Lislieen_UK
dc.contributor.authorVallejo-Marín, Marioen_UK
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-24T22:58:59Z-
dc.date.available2017-05-24T22:58:59Z-
dc.date.issued2017-04en_UK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/25199-
dc.description.abstractSome pollination systems, such as buzz-pollination, are associated with floral morphologies that require a close physical interaction between floral sexual organs and insect visitors. In these systems, a pollinator's size relative to the flower may be an important feature determining whether the visitor touches both male and female sexual organs and thus transfers pollen between plants efficiently. To date, few studies have addressed whether in fact the “fit” between flower and pollinator influences pollen transfer, particularly among buzz-pollinated species. Here we use Solanum rostratum, a buzz-pollinated plant with dimorphic anthers and mirror-image flowers, to investigate whether the morphological fit between the pollinator's body and floral morphology influences pollen deposition. We hypothesized that when the size of the pollinator matches the separation between the sexual organs in a flower, more pollen should be transferred to the stigma than when the visitor is either too small or too big relative to the flower. To test this hypothesis, we exposed flowers of S.rostratum with varying levels of separation between sexual organs, to bumblebees (Bombus terrestris) of different sizes. We recorded the number of visits received, pollen deposition, and fruit and seed production. We found higher pollen deposition when bees were the same size or bigger than the separation between anther and stigma within a flower. We found a similar, but not statistically significant pattern for fruit set. In contrast, seed set was more likely to occur when the size of the flower exceeded the size of the bee, suggesting that other postpollination processes may be important in translating pollen receipt to seed set. Our results suggest that the fit between flower and pollinator significantly influences pollen deposition in this buzz-pollinated species. We speculate that in buzz-pollinated species where floral morphology and pollinators interact closely, variation in the visitor's size may determine whether it acts mainly as a pollinator or as a pollen thief (i.e., removing pollen rewards but contributing little to pollen deposition and fertilization).en_UK
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwellen_UK
dc.relationSolis-Montero L & Vallejo-Marín M (2017) Does the morphological fit between flowers and pollinators affect pollen deposition? An experimental test in a buzz-pollinated species with anther dimorphism. Ecology and Evolution, 7 (8), pp. 2706-2715. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2897en_UK
dc.rights© 2017 The Authors. Ecology and Evolution published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.en_UK
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_UK
dc.subjectBombus terrestrisen_UK
dc.subjectherkogamyen_UK
dc.subjectpollen depositionen_UK
dc.subjectpollinator sizeen_UK
dc.subjectSolanum rostratumen_UK
dc.titleDoes the morphological fit between flowers and pollinators affect pollen deposition? An experimental test in a buzz-pollinated species with anther dimorphismen_UK
dc.typeJournal Articleen_UK
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/ece3.2897en_UK
dc.identifier.pmid28428861en_UK
dc.citation.jtitleEcology and Evolutionen_UK
dc.citation.issn2045-7758en_UK
dc.citation.volume7en_UK
dc.citation.issue8en_UK
dc.citation.spage2706en_UK
dc.citation.epage2715en_UK
dc.citation.publicationstatusPublisheden_UK
dc.citation.peerreviewedRefereeden_UK
dc.type.statusVoR - Version of Recorden_UK
dc.contributor.funderRoyal Societyen_UK
dc.citation.date19/03/2017en_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationBiological and Environmental Sciencesen_UK
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000399737500023en_UK
dc.identifier.scopusid2-s2.0-85016244032en_UK
dc.identifier.wtid533000en_UK
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0002-5663-8025en_UK
dc.date.accepted2017-02-20en_UK
dcterms.dateAccepted2017-02-20en_UK
dc.date.filedepositdate2017-03-24en_UK
dc.relation.funderprojectAssessing the genetic basis and functional significance of flower form variation in Solanum rostratum (Solanaceae)en_UK
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rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Reviewen_UK
rioxxterms.versionVoRen_UK
local.rioxx.authorSolis-Montero, Lislie|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorVallejo-Marín, Mario|0000-0002-5663-8025en_UK
local.rioxx.project0|Royal Society|http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000288en_UK
local.rioxx.freetoreaddate2017-03-24en_UK
local.rioxx.licencehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/|2017-03-24|en_UK
local.rioxx.filenameSol-s-Montero_et_al-2017-Ecology_and_Evolution.pdfen_UK
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