Experimental reduction of pollinator visitation modifies plant-plant interactions for pollination

被引:25
作者
Lazaro, Amparo [1 ]
Lundgren, Rebekka [2 ]
Totland, Orjan [2 ]
机构
[1] Mediterranean Inst Adv Studies, Dept Biodivers & Conservat, ES-07190 Esporles, Balearic Island, Spain
[2] Norwegian Univ Life Sci, Dept Ecol & Nat Resource Management, NO-5003 As, Norway
关键词
INTERSPECIFIC POLLEN TRANSFER; POPULATION-SIZE; DECEPTIVE ORCHID; FRUIT-SET; SEED SET; DENSITY; LIMITATION; CONSEQUENCES; REPRODUCTION; NEIGHBORHOOD;
D O I
10.1111/oik.01268
中图分类号
Q14 [生态学(生物生态学)];
学科分类号
071012 ; 0713 ;
摘要
The strength of interactions between plants for pollination depends on the abundance of plants and pollinators in the community. The abundance of pollinators may influence plant associations and densities at which individual fitness is maximized. Reduced pollinator visitation may therefore affect the way plant species interact for pollination. We experimentally reduced pollinator visitation to six pollinator-dependent species (three from an alpine and three from a lowland community in Norway) to study how interactions for pollination were modified by reduced pollinator availability. We related flower visitation, pollen limitation and seed set to density of conspecifics and pollinator-sharing heterospecifics inside 30 dome-shaped cages partially covered with fishnet (experimental plots) and in 30 control plots. We expected to find stronger interactions between plants in experimental compared to controls plots. The experiment modified plant-plant interactions for pollination in all the six species; although for two of them neighbourhood interactions did not affect seed set. The pollen limitation and seed set data showed that reduction of pollinator visits most frequently resulted in novel and/or stronger interactions between plants in the experimental plots that did not occur in the controls. Although the responses were species-specific, there was a tendency for increasing facilitative interactions with conspecific neighbours in experimental plots where pollinator availability was reduced. Heterospecifics only influenced pollination and fecundity in species from the alpine community and in the experimental plots, where they competed with the focal species for pollination. The patterns observed for visitation rates differed from those for fecundity, with more significant interactions between plants in the controls in both communities. This study warns against the exclusive use of visitation data to interpret plant-plant interactions for pollination, and helps to understand how plant aggregations may buff er or intensify the effects of a pollinator loss on plant fitness.
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页码:1037 / 1048
页数:12
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