Increasing pollen production at high latitudes across animal‐pollinated flowering plants

• Published in: Global ecology and biogeography Vol. 31; no. 5; pp. 940 - 953
• Main Authors: Cunha, Nicolay Leme da, Gleiser, Gabriela, Sáez, Agustín, Chalcoff, Vanina Ruth, Tur, Cristina, Aizen, Marcelo Adrián, Mayfield, Margaret
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.05.2022
• Subjects: Angiospermae; Angiosperms; animal pollination; animals; biogeography; data collection; Equator; female plants; flower size; Flowering; Flowering plants; Flowers; gametogenesis; Incompatibility; Latitude; latitudinal trait variation; macroecological patterns; males; outcrossing; ovule number; ovules; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; Plant reliability; Plant reproduction; Plants (botany); Pollen; pollen production; pollen productivity; pollen receipt; pollen transfer efficiency; Pollination; Pollinators; Seed set; surveys; Temperate zones; Tropical environments

Aim Plant reliance on animal mutualists is expected to decrease with latitude owing to increasing environmental instability. As a consequence, more erratic animal pollination in the temperate zones than in the tropics could translate into lower efficiency in pollen transfer, and thus increasing poll...