Equal and opposite effects of floral offer and spatial distribution on fruit production and predispersal seed predation in Xanthosoma daguense (Araceae)

Biotropica

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 373-380

  García Robledo, Carlos ^c   Kattan, Gustavo ^a   Murcia, Carolina ^a   Quintero Marín, Paulina ^a,b  

^a Fundacion EcoAndina/Wildlife Conservation Society Colombia Program   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

^c University of Miami   (United States)

Author keywords

Andes; Araceae; Colombia; Cyclocephala; Dinastinae; Macrostola costulata; Nitidulidae; Pollination; Seed predation; Xanthosoma

Indexed keywords

FRUIT PRODUCTION; SEED PREDATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANDES; COLOMBIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ARACEAE; COLEOPTERA; CYCLOCEPHALA; NITIDULIDAE; XANTHOSOMA;

EID: 28444465526     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2005.00049.x     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. ADLER, L. S., R. KARBAN, AND S. Y. STRAUSS. 2001. Direct and indirect effects of alkaloids on plant fitness via herbivory and pollination. Ecology 82: 2032-2044.
2. AGUILAR-PM., AND J. O. RANGEL-CH. 1994. Clima del Parque Regional Natural Ucumarí y sectores aledaños. In J. O. Rangel-Ch (Ed.). Ucumarí. Un caso típico de la diversidad biótica andina, pp. 39-58. Corporación Autónoma Regional de Risaralda, Pereira, Colombia.
3. AIZEN, M. A. 1997. Influence of local floral density and sex ratio on pollen receipt and seed output: Empirical and experimental results in dichogamous Alstroemeria aurea (Alstroemeriaceae). Oecologia 111: 404-412.
4. _, AND P. FEINSINGER. 1994. Forest fragmentation, pollination and plant reproduction in a Chaco dry forest, Argentina. Ecology 75: 330-351.
5. ALBERT, M. J., A. ESCUDERO, AND J. M. IRIONDO. 2001. Female reproductive success of narrow endemic Erodium paularense in contrasting microhabitats. Ecology 82: 1734-1747.
6. BOSCH, M., AND N. M. WASER. 2001. Experimental manipulation of plant density and its effect on pollination and reproduction of two confamilial montane herbs. Oecologia 126: 76-83.
7. BRODY, A. K., AND R. J. MITCHELL. 1997. Effects of experimental manipulation of inflorescence size on pollination and pre-dispersal seed predation in the hummingbird-pollinated plant Ipomopsis aggregata. Oecologia 110: 86-93.
8. BRONSTEIN, J. L. 1992. Seed predators as mutualists: Ecology and evolution of the fig/pollinator interaction. In E. A. Bernays (Ed.). Insect/plant interactions, pp. 2-44. CRC PRESS, Boca Raton, Florida.
9. FEINSINGER, P. 1987. Approaches to nectarivore-plant interactions in the New World. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 60: 285-319.
10. _, K. G. MURRAY, S. KINSMAN, AND W. H. BUSBY. 1986. Floral neighborhood and pollination success in four hummingbird-pollinated cloud forest plant species. Ecology 67: 449-464.
11. _, H. M. TIEBOUT III, AND B. E. YOUNG. 1991. Do tropical bird-pollinated plants exhibit density-dependent interactions? Field experiments. Ecology 72: 1953-1963.
12. FLEMING, T. 1992. How do fruit and nectar-feeding birds and mammals track their food resources? In M. D. Hunter, T. Ohgushi, and P. W. Price (Eds.). Effect of resource distribution on animal-plant interactions, pp. 355-391. Academic Press, San Diego.
13. FLEMING, T. H, AND J. N. HOLLAND. 1998. The evolution of obligate pollination mutualisms: Senita cactus and senita moth. Oecologia 114: 368-375.
14. GARCÍA-ROBLEDO, C., G. KATTAN, C. MURCIA, AND P. QUINTERO-MARÍN. 2004. Beetle pollination and fruit predation of Xanthosoma daguense (Araceae) in an Andean cloud forest in Colombia. J. Trop. Ecol. 20: 459-469.
15. GOLDWASSER, L. 2000. Scarab beetles, elephant ear (Xanthosoma robustum) and their associates. In N. M. Nadkarni and N. T. Wheelwright (Eds.). Monteverde: Ecology and conservation of a tropical cloud forest. pp. 268-271. Oxford University Press, New York.
16. HARRISON, F. P. 1962. Infestation of sweet corn by the dusky sap beetle, Carpophilus lugubris. J. Econ. Entomol. 55: 922-925.
17. HEINRICH, B., AND P. H. RAVEN. 1972. Energetics and pollination ecology. Science 176: 597-603.
18. HERRERA, C. M. 1995. Microclimate and individual variation in pollinators: Flowering plants are more than their flowers. Ecology 76: 1516-1524.
19. _. 2000. Measuring the effects of pollinators and herbivores: Evidence for non-additivity in a perennial herb. Ecology 81: 2170-2176.
20. JANZEN, D. 1979. How to be a fig. Ann. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 10: 13-51.
21. KUNIN, W. E. 1993. Sex and the single mustard: Population density and pollination behavior effects on seed-set. Ecology 74: 2145-2160.
22. _. 1997. Population size and density effects in pollination: Pollinator foraging and plant reproductive success in experimental arrays of Brassica kaber. J. Ecol. 85: 225-234.
23. LONDOÑO, E. 1994. Parque Regional Natural Ucumarí. Un vistazo histórico. In J. O. Rangel-Ch (Ed.). Ucumarí. Un caso típico de la diversidad biótica andina, pp. 13-24. Corporación Autónoma Regional de Risaralda, Pereira, Colombia.
24. LUCKMANN, W. H. 1963. Observations on the biology and control of Glischrochilus quadrisignatus. J. Econ. Entomol. 56: 681-686.
25. MARR, D. L., J. LEEBENS-MACK, L. ELMS, AND O. PELLMYR. 2000. Pollen dispersal in Yucca filamentosa (Agavaceae): The paradox of self-pollination behavior by Tegiticula yuccasella (Prodoxidae). Am. J. Bot. 87: 670-677.
26. MENGES, E. S. 1991. Seed germination percentage increases with population size in a fragmented prairie species. Cons. Biol. 5: 158-164.
27. PEDHAZUR, E. J. 1997. Multiple regression in behavioral research. 3rd Edition. Thompson Learning, Stamford, Connecticut.
28. _, AND L. PEDHAZUR-SCHMELKIN. 1991. Measurement, design, and analysis: An integrated approach. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, New Jersey.
29. PELLMYR, O. 1989. The cost of mutualism: Interactions between Trollius europaeus and its pollinating parasites. Oecologia 78: 53-59.
30. QUESADA, M., K. E. STONER, V. ROSAS-GUERRERO, C. PALACIOS-GUEVARA, AND J. A. LOBO. 2003. Effects of habitat disruption on the activity of nectarivorous bats (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) in a dry tropical forest: Implications for the reproductive success of the neotropical tree Ceiba grandiflora. Oecologia 135: 400-406.
31. _, _, J. A. LOBO, Y. HERRERÍAS, C. PALACIOS-GUEVARA, M. A. MUNGUÍA-ROSAS, K. A. O.-SALAZAR, AND V. ROSAS-GUERRERO. 2004. Effects of forest fragmentation on pollinator activity and consequences for plant reproductive success and mating patterns in bat pollinated bombacaceous trees. Biotropica 36: 131-138.
32. RATHCKE, B. 1983. Competition and facilitation among plants and pollinators. In L. Real (Ed.). Pollination biology, pp. 305-329. Academic Press, San Diego, California.
33. SCHEMSKE, D. W. 1980. Floral ecology and hummingbird pollination of Combretum farinosum in Costa Rica. Biotropica 12: 169-181.
34. _, AND C. C. HORVITZ. 1988. Plant-animal interactions and fruit production in a neotropical herb: A path analysis. Ecology 69: 1128-1137.
35. SIH, A., AND M. BALTUS. 1987. Patch size, pollinator behavior and pollinator limitation in catnip. Ecology 68: 1679-1690.
36. SOKAL, R. R., AND J. ROHLF. 1995. Biometry. W. H. Freeman and Company, New York, New York.
37. TOTLAND, Ø. 2001. Environment-dependent pollen limitation and selection on floral traits in an alpine species. Ecology 82: 2233-2244.
38. YOUNG, H. J. 1986. Beetle pollination of Dieffenbachia longispatha (Araceae). Am. J. Bot. 73: 931-944.
39. _. 1988. Differential importance of beetle species pollinating Dieffenbachia longispatha (Araceae). Ecology 69: 832-844.
40. ZAR, J. H. 1996. Biostatistical analysis, p. 662. Prentice Hall, New Jersey.