期刊
ANNALS OF BOTANY
卷 103, 期 9, 页码 1385-1394出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcp037
关键词
Alpine snowbed; autogamy; bumble-bee; cryptic self-incompatibility; flowering phenology; mixed pollination; outcrossing rate; Phyllodoce aleutica; pollination success; seasonality; self-pollination
资金
- Ministry of Environment of Japan
- Global Environmental Research Fund [F-052]
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science [16370007, 19770009]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [19770009, 16370007] Funding Source: KAKEN
Because of differences in snowmelt time, the reproductive phenologies of alpine plants are highly variable among local populations, and there is large variation in seed set across populations. Temporal variation in pollinator availability during the season may be a major factor affecting not only seed production but also outcrossing rate of alpine plants. Among local populations of Phyllodoce aleutica that experience different snowmelt regimes, flowering phenology, pollinator availability, seed-set rate, and outcrossing rate were compared with reference to the mating system (self-compatibility or heterospecific compatibility with a co-occurring congeneric species). Flowering occurred sequentially among populations reflecting snowmelt time from mid-July to late August. The visit frequency of bumble-bees increased substantially in late July when workers appeared. Both seed set and outcrossing rate increased as flowering season progressed. Although flowers were self-compatible and heterospecific compatible, the mixed-pollination experiment revealed that fertilization with conspecific, outcrossing pollen took priority over selfing and hybridization, indicating a cryptic self-incompatibility. In early snowmelt populations, seed production was pollen-limited and autogamous selfing was common. However, genetic analyses revealed that selfed progenies did not contribute to the maintenance of populations due to late-acting inbreeding depression. Large variations in seed-set and outcrossing rates among populations were caused by the timing of pollinator availability during the season and the cryptic self-incompatibility of this species. Despite the intensive pollen limitation in part of the early season, reproductive assurance by autogamous selfing was not evident. Under fluctuating conditions of pollinator availability and flowering structures, P. aleutica maintained the genetic composition by conspecific outcrossing.
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