Bromeliads going batty: pollinator partitioning among sympatric chiropterophilous Bromeliaceae

• Published in: AoB plants Vol. 11; no. 2; p. plz014
• Main Authors: Aguilar-Rodríguez, Pedro Adrián, Tschapka, Marco, García-Franco, José G, Krömer, Thorsten, MacSwiney G, M Cristina
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: US Oxford University Press 01.04.2019
• Subjects: Anthers; Biosphere; Bromeliaceae; Flowering; Flowering plants; Food supply; Fruits; Infrared cameras; Natural selection; Nectar; Nocturnal; Plant breeding; Plant reproduction; Plant reproductive structures; Planting density; Plants (botany); Pollen; Pollination; Pollinators; Reinforcement; Seedlings; Stigmas (botany); Studies; Sympatric populations; Mexico; Bromeliaceae; pollinator effectiveness; chiropterophily; humid montane forest; Glossophaga; Werauhia; Pitcairnia; Pseudalcantarea; Anoura

Pre-pollination mechanisms for isolation among sympatric bat-pollinated plants are largely unknown. We investigated the mechanisms for reproductive segregation between four sympatric chiropterophilous bromeliads in Veracruz, Mexico. With ex situ and in situ manual pollination treatments we determine...