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OIKOS
卷 106, 期 3, 页码 558-564出版社
BLACKWELL MUNKSGAARD
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2004.12991.x
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The preference for certain floral phenotypes by flower visiting animals may fuel the evolution of floral traits because variation in flower visitation rates may lead to fitness variation within a population. Here, I examine the importance of flower size for pollinator visitation rate, seed set, and seed mass in two alpine populations of the insect-pollinated herb Ranunculus acris L. during two seasons. There was no pollen limitation of seed set or mass. Pollinators discriminated strongly against flowers experimentally reduced in size. Despite this, there were no signs of any significant impact of flower size on female reproductive success. The results show that although pollinators discriminate strongly among floral phenotypes, this may not always result in female fitness differences within a population because seed set or mass is not limited by pollen availability alone. Probably abiotic environmental constraints prevent plants with high pollinator visitation from capitalizing on the high pollen deposition.
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