The least effective pollinator principle: Specialized morphology despite generalized ecology

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Pauw, Anton; Cocucci, Andrea Aristides; Sersic, Alicia Noemi
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2020
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The large body of work on the adaptation of plants to pollinators is still somewhat incomplete because most studies focus on one-to-one interactions. How will adaptation proceed in a multi-pollinator environment? According to Stebbins' Most Effective Pollinator Principle, ‘the characteristics of the flower will be moulded by those pollinators that visit it most frequently and effectively.’ To test this hypothesis, we studied the pollination biology of Pelargonium incrassatum (Geraniaceae) in the Namaqualand Region of Southern Africa. This species has a long floral tube and we expected its most important pollinator to have a long proboscis. Contrary to expectations, the most important pollinator was a short proboscid fly (a new species of Prosoeca), while Prosoeca peringueyi, which had a proboscis that matched the floral tube length, was a rare visitor. Consistent with the high degree of trait mismatching, we did not detect selection on tube length at most sites. The paradox of mismatching traits can be resolved by considering the strength of the trade-off involved. Adaptation to the rare species can apparently occur without incurring the cost of reduced pollination by the abundant species. Generally, species may often evolve specialized morphology if they do not incur the cost of ecological specialization.
Fil: Pauw, Anton. University Of Stellembosch; Sudáfrica
Fil: Cocucci, Andrea Aristides. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal; Argentina
Fil: Sersic, Alicia Noemi. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal; Argentina
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ADAPTATION
COEXISTENCE
POLLINATION NETWORK
SELECTION
SPECIALIZATION
TRADE-OFF
TRAIT EVOLUTION
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spelling The least effective pollinator principle: Specialized morphology despite generalized ecologyPauw, AntonCocucci, Andrea AristidesSersic, Alicia NoemiADAPTATIONCOEXISTENCEPOLLINATION NETWORKSELECTIONSPECIALIZATIONTRADE-OFFTRAIT EVOLUTIONhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1The large body of work on the adaptation of plants to pollinators is still somewhat incomplete because most studies focus on one-to-one interactions. How will adaptation proceed in a multi-pollinator environment? According to Stebbins' Most Effective Pollinator Principle, ‘the characteristics of the flower will be moulded by those pollinators that visit it most frequently and effectively.’ To test this hypothesis, we studied the pollination biology of Pelargonium incrassatum (Geraniaceae) in the Namaqualand Region of Southern Africa. This species has a long floral tube and we expected its most important pollinator to have a long proboscis. Contrary to expectations, the most important pollinator was a short proboscid fly (a new species of Prosoeca), while Prosoeca peringueyi, which had a proboscis that matched the floral tube length, was a rare visitor. Consistent with the high degree of trait mismatching, we did not detect selection on tube length at most sites. The paradox of mismatching traits can be resolved by considering the strength of the trade-off involved. Adaptation to the rare species can apparently occur without incurring the cost of reduced pollination by the abundant species. Generally, species may often evolve specialized morphology if they do not incur the cost of ecological specialization.Fil: Pauw, Anton. University Of Stellembosch; SudáfricaFil: Cocucci, Andrea Aristides. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal; ArgentinaFil: Sersic, Alicia Noemi. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal; ArgentinaWiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc2020-06info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/114791Pauw, Anton; Cocucci, Andrea Aristides; Sersic, Alicia Noemi; The least effective pollinator principle: Specialized morphology despite generalized ecology; Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc; Plant Biology; 22; 5; 6-2020; 924-9311435-86031438-8677CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/plb.13145info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1111/plb.13145info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-03T10:11:49Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/114791instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-03 10:11:49.849CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The least effective pollinator principle: Specialized morphology despite generalized ecology
title The least effective pollinator principle: Specialized morphology despite generalized ecology
spellingShingle The least effective pollinator principle: Specialized morphology despite generalized ecology
Pauw, Anton
ADAPTATION
COEXISTENCE
POLLINATION NETWORK
SELECTION
SPECIALIZATION
TRADE-OFF
TRAIT EVOLUTION
title_short The least effective pollinator principle: Specialized morphology despite generalized ecology
title_full The least effective pollinator principle: Specialized morphology despite generalized ecology
title_fullStr The least effective pollinator principle: Specialized morphology despite generalized ecology
title_full_unstemmed The least effective pollinator principle: Specialized morphology despite generalized ecology
title_sort The least effective pollinator principle: Specialized morphology despite generalized ecology
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Pauw, Anton
Cocucci, Andrea Aristides
Sersic, Alicia Noemi
author Pauw, Anton
author_facet Pauw, Anton
Cocucci, Andrea Aristides
Sersic, Alicia Noemi
author_role author
author2 Cocucci, Andrea Aristides
Sersic, Alicia Noemi
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv ADAPTATION
COEXISTENCE
POLLINATION NETWORK
SELECTION
SPECIALIZATION
TRADE-OFF
TRAIT EVOLUTION
topic ADAPTATION
COEXISTENCE
POLLINATION NETWORK
SELECTION
SPECIALIZATION
TRADE-OFF
TRAIT EVOLUTION
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv The large body of work on the adaptation of plants to pollinators is still somewhat incomplete because most studies focus on one-to-one interactions. How will adaptation proceed in a multi-pollinator environment? According to Stebbins' Most Effective Pollinator Principle, ‘the characteristics of the flower will be moulded by those pollinators that visit it most frequently and effectively.’ To test this hypothesis, we studied the pollination biology of Pelargonium incrassatum (Geraniaceae) in the Namaqualand Region of Southern Africa. This species has a long floral tube and we expected its most important pollinator to have a long proboscis. Contrary to expectations, the most important pollinator was a short proboscid fly (a new species of Prosoeca), while Prosoeca peringueyi, which had a proboscis that matched the floral tube length, was a rare visitor. Consistent with the high degree of trait mismatching, we did not detect selection on tube length at most sites. The paradox of mismatching traits can be resolved by considering the strength of the trade-off involved. Adaptation to the rare species can apparently occur without incurring the cost of reduced pollination by the abundant species. Generally, species may often evolve specialized morphology if they do not incur the cost of ecological specialization.
Fil: Pauw, Anton. University Of Stellembosch; Sudáfrica
Fil: Cocucci, Andrea Aristides. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal; Argentina
Fil: Sersic, Alicia Noemi. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal; Argentina
description The large body of work on the adaptation of plants to pollinators is still somewhat incomplete because most studies focus on one-to-one interactions. How will adaptation proceed in a multi-pollinator environment? According to Stebbins' Most Effective Pollinator Principle, ‘the characteristics of the flower will be moulded by those pollinators that visit it most frequently and effectively.’ To test this hypothesis, we studied the pollination biology of Pelargonium incrassatum (Geraniaceae) in the Namaqualand Region of Southern Africa. This species has a long floral tube and we expected its most important pollinator to have a long proboscis. Contrary to expectations, the most important pollinator was a short proboscid fly (a new species of Prosoeca), while Prosoeca peringueyi, which had a proboscis that matched the floral tube length, was a rare visitor. Consistent with the high degree of trait mismatching, we did not detect selection on tube length at most sites. The paradox of mismatching traits can be resolved by considering the strength of the trade-off involved. Adaptation to the rare species can apparently occur without incurring the cost of reduced pollination by the abundant species. Generally, species may often evolve specialized morphology if they do not incur the cost of ecological specialization.
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