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Dioecious Clusia nemorosa achieves pollination by combining specialized and generalized floral rewards

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    SYSNO ASEP0365401
    Document TypeJ - Journal Article
    R&D Document TypeJournal Article
    Subsidiary JČlánek ve WOS
    TitleDioecious Clusia nemorosa achieves pollination by combining specialized and generalized floral rewards
    Author(s) Vlasáková, Blanka (BU-J) RID
    Jarau, S. (DE)
    Number of authors2
    Source TitlePlant Ecology. - : Springer - ISSN 1385-0237
    Roč. 212, č. 8 (2011), s. 1327-1337
    Number of pages11 s.
    Languageeng - English
    CountryNL - Netherlands
    KeywordsClusia ; inselberg ; Meliponini
    Subject RIVEF - Botanics
    R&D ProjectsGD206/03/H137 GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF)
    CEZAV0Z60050516 - BU-J (2005-2011)
    UT WOS000292820600008
    DOI10.1007/s11258-011-9908-0
    AnnotationThe dioecious Clusia nemorosa produces floral resin and it also exhibits floral automimicry. We observed the hourly visitation frequency and behaviour of bee visitors. We hypothesized that the visitation rate will vary between the floral sexes and degree of this variation will differ between the two-reward systems. We found no evidence for visits being exclusively related to resin collection. Deceit pollination appeared to have minor importance. Flower visits that probably facilitated most pollen transfer, combined resin and pollen. The pollinators collected pollen from male flowers and resin from female flowers. The fruit set was not particularly low (44.19%) so offering different rewards by different flower genders has not constrained reproductive success in this system. Overall demand for pollen was greater than demand for resin. Female flowers were visited much less frequently than male flowers.
    WorkplaceInstitute of Botany
    ContactMartina Bartošová, martina.bartosova@ibot.cas.cz, ibot@ibot.cas.cz, Tel.: 271 015 242 ; Marie Jakšová, marie.jaksova@ibot.cas.cz, Tel.: 384 721 156-8
    Year of Publishing2012
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