Pollinators exert selection on floral traits in a pollen‐limited, narrowly endemic spring ephemeral

• Published in: American journal of botany Vol. 110; no. 1; pp. e16101 - n/a
• Main Author: Koski, Matthew H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Botanical Society of America, Inc 01.01.2023; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: Annual variations; antagonism; antagonists; color; Discoloration; ephemeral plants; florivory; flower color; Flowering; Flowers; herbivory; open pollination; Petals; Plant Breeding; Plants (botany); Pollen; Pollination; Pollinators; pollinator‐mediated selection; selection gradient; Selection, Genetic; spring; Trillium; Trillium discolor; herbivory; selection gradient; pollinator-mediated selection; flower color; Trillium; florivory

Premise Floral traits are frequently under pollinator‐mediated selection, especially in taxa subject to strong pollen‐limitation, such as those reliant on pollinators. However, antagonists can be agents of selection on floral traits as well. The causes of selection acting on spring ephemerals are un...