Florivory by the crab Armases angustipes (Grapsidae) influences hummingbird visits to Aechmea pectinata (Bromeliaceae)

被引:19
作者
Canela, MBF [1 ]
Sazima, M [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Estadual Campinas, Dept Bot, IB, BR-13090970 Campinas, SP, Brazil
关键词
Aechmea pectinata; bromelicolous crab; florivory; hummingbirds; pollination success; southeastern Brazil; submontane rain forest;
D O I
10.1111/j.1744-7429.2003.tb00287.x
中图分类号
Q14 [生态学(生物生态学)];
学科分类号
071012 ; 0713 ;
摘要
Armases angustipes (Grapsidae) crabs were recorded on 31.5 percent of Aechmea pectinata inflorescences, a common ornithofilous bromeliad in rain forests of southeastern Brazil. Crabs foraged mainly in the morning and used newly opened flowers, usually damaging the corolla, consuming the stamens and stigma, and interfering with hummingbird visits. This florivory may reduce the reproductive success of A. pectinata, both directly through consumption of flowers and indirectly by reducing pollinator visits.
引用
收藏
页码:289 / 294
页数:6
相关论文
共 35 条
[1]  
Abele L.G., 1972, Arquivos Cienc Mar, V12, P123
[2]  
ABELE LG, 1992, SMITHSON CONTRIB ZOO, V527, P2
[3]   EFFECTS OF SALINITY ON THE LARVAL DEVELOPMENT OF A SEMITERRESTRIAL TROPICAL CRAB, SESARMA-ANGUSTIPES (DECAPODA, GRAPSIDAE) [J].
ANGER, K ;
HARMS, J ;
MONTU, M ;
DEBAKKER, C .
MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES, 1990, 62 (1-2) :89-94
[4]   MULTILEVEL COMPARATIVE-ANALYSIS OF THE MORPHOLOGY, FUNCTION, AND EVOLUTION OF DALECHAMPIA BLOSSOMS [J].
ARMBRUSTER, WS .
ECOLOGY, 1988, 69 (06) :1746-1761
[5]   CONSUMER PRESSURE AND SEED SET IN A SALT-MARSH PERENNIAL PLANT COMMUNITY [J].
BERTNESS, MD ;
WISE, C ;
ELLISON, AM .
OECOLOGIA, 1987, 71 (02) :190-200
[6]  
Capitoli R.R, 1977, Atlantica, V2, P50
[8]   CONSEQUENCES OF VARIATION IN FLOWERING PHENOLOGY FOR SEED HEAD HERBIVORY AND REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS IN ERIGERON-GLAUCUS (COMPOSITAE) [J].
ENGLISHLOEB, GM ;
KARBAN, R .
OECOLOGIA, 1992, 89 (04) :588-595
[9]  
FEINSINGER P, 1978, AM ZOOL, V18, P779
[10]   Consumption of bromeliad flowers by the crab Metasesarma rubripes in a Brazilian coastal forest [J].
Fischer, EA ;
Duarte, LFL ;
Araujo, AC .
CRUSTACEANA, 1997, 70 :118-123