Npollination syndromes and floral specialization pdf

Sorry, we are unable to provide the full text but you may find it at the following locations. The pollination syndrome is a suite of floral traits including rewards, which is associated with the attraction of a specific group of pollinators. Semantics of specialization a plant has specialized pollination if it is successfully pollinated only by a subset of functionally grouped potential pollinators. Schemske5,6 1department of biology, university of maryland, college park, md 20742 2behavior, ecology, evolution and systematics program, university of maryland, college park, md 20742. Pollination syndromes are suites of phenotypic traits hypothesized to reflect convergent adaptations of flowers for pollination by specific types of animals. Animals, wind, and water can all be vectors for pollen. Are pollination syndromes useful predictors of floral visitors in tasmania. We define a pollination syndrome as a suite of floral traits, including rewards, which are associated with the attraction and employment of a functional group of. Pdf pollination syndromes and floral specialization researchgate. Circadian rhythm of a silene species favours nocturnal pollination. Bird pollination is done primarily by bird species that specialize on eating nectar, including hummingbirds, sunbirds, sugarbirds, honeyeaters. Such characteristics are considered pollination syndromes and can be used to predict the type of pollinator that will aid the flower in successful reproduction. Adaptation to hummingbird pollination is associated with.

Floral diversity is driven in part by interactions with pollinators, which lead to divergence in pollination syndromes multitrait adaptations to a specific pollinating agent faegri and. They were first developed in the 1870s and honed during the mid 20th century. Pdf floral evolution has often been associated with differences in pollination syndromes. Pollination syndromes and floral specialization core. Abstract floral evolution has often been associated with differences in pollination syndromes. Specialization, pollination syndromes, and the evolution of flowers article pdf available january 2000 with 503 reads how we measure reads. Recently, this conceptual structure has been criticized on the. Recently, this conceptual structure has been criticized on the grounds that flowers attract a broader spectrum of visitors than one might expect based on their syndromes and that flowers often diverge without excluding one type of pollinator in favor of another. Specialization onto functional groups the pollination syndrome concept implies that specialization onto functional groups is a common occurrence in plant evolution. The pollination syndrome concept implies that flowers evolved with particular sets of characteristics, such as colors, shapes, orientations, and rewards, as a means of attracting pollinators. The networks also showed that for all syndromes there was variation in the level of specialisation. Pollination syndromes and the evolution of floral diversity iniochroma solanaceae charles b.

Floral evolution, floral syndromes, metaanalysis, plant breeding systems, plant reproduction, pol lination efficiency, pollination networks, specialisation, tropical. Fenster1,2,3, silvana martenrodriguez2,4, douglas w. An effective pollination necessitates a certain degree of specialization on the sides of both the visitor and the flower, which is reflected by the pollination syndrome. The flower type, shape, color, odor, nectar, and structure vary by the type of pollinator that visits them. The specialization continuum in pollination systems besjournals. Abstract the idea of pollination syndromes has been largely. Pollination syndromes are suites of flower traits that have evolved in response to natural. Most effective pollinator principle with complex flowers. Pollination syndrome an overview sciencedirect topics. Fenster cb, armbruster ws, wilson p, dudash mr, thomson jd 2004 pollination syndromes and floral specialization. Floral evolution has often been associated with differences in pollination syndromes. Part of this adaptive floral diversity can be coarsely categorized into floral syndromes or characterized by systematic rules that correspond to floral syndromes. Thus, a plant has specialized pollination if it is successfully pollinated only by a subset of functionally grouped. A question of data qualitytesting pollination syndromes in.