BECAS
AVALOS adan Alberto
artículos
Título:
Is the variation of floral elaiophore size in two species of Stigmaphyllon (Malpighiaceae) dependent on interaction with pollinators?
Autor/es:
TORRETTA JUAN PABLO; ALISCIONI S. SANDRA; GONZÁLEZ-ARZAC ADELIA; AVALOS A. ALBERTO
Revista:
PLANT ECOLOGY & DIVERSITY
Editorial:
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Referencias:
Lugar: Londres; Año: 2017 vol. 10 p. 402 - 418
ISSN:
1755-0874
Resumen:
Background: Intraspecific variations in floral traits of species over its geographic range can be associated with differences inpollinator assemblages and/or with environmental conditions.Aims: We evaluated the area of elaiophores in different populations of Stigmaphyllon bonariense (n = 9) and S.jatrophifolium (n = 6), and we hypothesised a marked reduction in their size towards their southern limits of distribution,associated with different oil-collecting bee assemblages.Methods: Area of elaiophores was calculated and we carried out linear correlations with floral size, pollinators, visitationrate and pollinator size along the latitudinal gradient of the plants? distributions. Moreover, we examined the relative sizerelationships using allometric analyses, to verify this reduction.Results: Floral elaiophore area decreased with latitude. However, for S. bonariense we observed an allometric reduction inelaiophore area with respect to floral size, while for S. jatrophifolium an isometric reduction was found. In both species,pollinator richness and visitation rate did not diminish with latitude, but pollinator size for S. bonariense varied.Conclusions: Our results show a reduction in the size of elaiophores in both species along their distribution range, withdissimilar tendencies, suggesting that these species may have different selection pressures that cause variation of theirphenotypic traits.