論文

査読有り 筆頭著者 責任著者 国際誌
2021年4月

Selective pollination by fungus gnats potentially functions as an alternative reproductive isolation among five Arisaema species

Annals of Botany
  • Tetsuya K Matsumoto
  • ,
  • Muneto Hirobe
  • ,
  • Masahiro Sueyoshi
  • ,
  • Yuko Miyazaki

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開始ページ
633
終了ページ
644
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.1093/aob/mcaa204

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Interspecific difference in pollinators (pollinator isolation) is important for reproductive isolation in flowering plants. Species-specific pollination by fungus gnats has been discovered in several plant taxa, suggesting that they can contribute to reproductive isolation. Nevertheless, their contribution has not been studied in detail, partly because they are too small for field observations during flower visitation. To quantify their flower visitation, we used the genus Arisaema (Araceae) because the pitcher-like spathe of Arisaema can trap all floral visitors. METHODS: We evaluated floral visitor assemblage in an altitudinal gradient including five Arisaema species. We also examined interspecific differences in altitudinal distribution (geographic isolation) and flowering phenology (phenological isolation). To exclude the effect of interspecific differences in altitudinal distribution on floral visitor assemblage, we established 10 experimental plots including the five Arisaema species on high- and low-altitude areas and collected floral visitors. We also collected floral visitors in three additional sites. Finally, we estimated the strength and contribution of these three reproductive barriers using the unified formula for reproductive isolation. KEY RESULTS: Each Arisaema species selectively attracted different fungus gnats in the altitudinal gradient, experimental plots, and additional sites. Altitudinal distribution and flowering phenology differed among the five Arisaema species, whereas the strength of geographic and phenological isolations were distinctly weaker than those in pollinator isolation. Nevertheless, the absolute contribution of pollinator isolation to total reproductive isolation was weaker than geographic and phenological isolations, because pollinator isolation functions after the two early-acting barriers in plant life history. CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest that selective pollination by fungus gnats potentially contributes to reproductive isolation. Since geographic and phenological isolations can be disrupted by habitat disturbance and interannual climate change, the strong and stable pollinator isolation might compensate for the weakened early-acting barriers as an alternative reproductive isolation among the five Arisaema species.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcaa204
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33263745
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1093/aob/mcaa204
  • PubMed ID : 33263745

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