Plant Traits, Environmental Factors, and Pollinator Visitation in Winter-flowering Helleborus foetidus (Ranunculaceae

• Background and Aims This study examined the effect of plant traits and environmental factors on pollinator visitation in the winter-flowering Helleborus foetidus (Ranunculaceae) in three distant regions in the Iberian Peninsula. • Methods Geographical variation in floral visitor assemblage, plant...

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Autores: Sánchez-Lafuente, A.M., Guitián, J., Medrano, Mónica, Herrera, Carlos M., Rey, Pedro J., Cerdá, Xim
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Fecha de publicación:2005
País:España
Recursos:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
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Palavra-chave:Environmental factors
Floral display
Helleborus foetidus
plant traits
pollinator visitation
winter flowering
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spelling Plant Traits, Environmental Factors, and Pollinator Visitation in Winter-flowering Helleborus foetidus (RanunculaceaeSánchez-Lafuente, A.M.Guitián, J.Medrano, MónicaHerrera, Carlos M.Rey, Pedro J.Cerdá, XimEnvironmental factorsFloral displayHelleborus foetidusplant traitspollinator visitationwinter flowering• Background and Aims This study examined the effect of plant traits and environmental factors on pollinator visitation in the winter-flowering Helleborus foetidus (Ranunculaceae) in three distant regions in the Iberian Peninsula. • Methods Geographical variation in floral visitor assemblage, plant traits and environmental factors were analysed during the flowering season. • Key Results Differences were found in all plant traits measured (number of open flowers, flower size, number of stamens per flower, and number of nectaries) both within and among regions, and differences among regions in all the environmental factors considered (air temperature, exposure to sunlight, canopy cover, and distance to the nearest neighbour). Differences were also found among regions in the probability that plants would be visited by pollinators. • Conclusions The results show that, although floral display (i.e. number of open flowers on a plant on a given day) consistently explained among-plant differences in visitation rate in all regions, visitation rate was not significantly affected by any other biological or environmental variable. In Helleborus foetidus, then, ‘how’ the plant is would seem to be more important than ‘where’ is it.Peer reviewedOxford University Press201120112005info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501http://hdl.handle.net/10261/40250reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSICinstname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)Ingléshttp://aob.oxfordjournals.org/content/96/5/845.full.pdf+htmlinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:digital.csic.es:10261/402502026-05-22T06:33:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Plant Traits, Environmental Factors, and Pollinator Visitation in Winter-flowering Helleborus foetidus (Ranunculaceae
title Plant Traits, Environmental Factors, and Pollinator Visitation in Winter-flowering Helleborus foetidus (Ranunculaceae
spellingShingle Plant Traits, Environmental Factors, and Pollinator Visitation in Winter-flowering Helleborus foetidus (Ranunculaceae
Sánchez-Lafuente, A.M.
Environmental factors
Floral display
Helleborus foetidus
plant traits
pollinator visitation
winter flowering
title_short Plant Traits, Environmental Factors, and Pollinator Visitation in Winter-flowering Helleborus foetidus (Ranunculaceae
title_full Plant Traits, Environmental Factors, and Pollinator Visitation in Winter-flowering Helleborus foetidus (Ranunculaceae
title_fullStr Plant Traits, Environmental Factors, and Pollinator Visitation in Winter-flowering Helleborus foetidus (Ranunculaceae
title_full_unstemmed Plant Traits, Environmental Factors, and Pollinator Visitation in Winter-flowering Helleborus foetidus (Ranunculaceae
title_sort Plant Traits, Environmental Factors, and Pollinator Visitation in Winter-flowering Helleborus foetidus (Ranunculaceae
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Sánchez-Lafuente, A.M.
Guitián, J.
Medrano, Mónica
Herrera, Carlos M.
Rey, Pedro J.
Cerdá, Xim
author Sánchez-Lafuente, A.M.
author_facet Sánchez-Lafuente, A.M.
Guitián, J.
Medrano, Mónica
Herrera, Carlos M.
Rey, Pedro J.
Cerdá, Xim
author_role author
author2 Guitián, J.
Medrano, Mónica
Herrera, Carlos M.
Rey, Pedro J.
Cerdá, Xim
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Environmental factors
Floral display
Helleborus foetidus
plant traits
pollinator visitation
winter flowering
topic Environmental factors
Floral display
Helleborus foetidus
plant traits
pollinator visitation
winter flowering
description • Background and Aims This study examined the effect of plant traits and environmental factors on pollinator visitation in the winter-flowering Helleborus foetidus (Ranunculaceae) in three distant regions in the Iberian Peninsula. • Methods Geographical variation in floral visitor assemblage, plant traits and environmental factors were analysed during the flowering season. • Key Results Differences were found in all plant traits measured (number of open flowers, flower size, number of stamens per flower, and number of nectaries) both within and among regions, and differences among regions in all the environmental factors considered (air temperature, exposure to sunlight, canopy cover, and distance to the nearest neighbour). Differences were also found among regions in the probability that plants would be visited by pollinators. • Conclusions The results show that, although floral display (i.e. number of open flowers on a plant on a given day) consistently explained among-plant differences in visitation rate in all regions, visitation rate was not significantly affected by any other biological or environmental variable. In Helleborus foetidus, then, ‘how’ the plant is would seem to be more important than ‘where’ is it.
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