Evolutionary changes in nectar sugar composition associated with switches between bird and insect pollination: The Canarian bird-flower element revisited

Functional Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 670-676

  Dupont, Y L ^a   Hansen, D M ^a,b   Rasmussen, J T ^a   Olesen, J M ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Canary Islands; Entomophily ornithophily; Neoendemism relictism; Pollination syndrome

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; NECTAR; POLLINATION; SUGAR;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; AVES; INSECTA; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 5344259070     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0269-8463.2004.00891.x     Document Type: Article

References (46)

1. Allan, G.J., Francisco-Ortega, J., Santos-Guerra, A., Boerner, E. & Zimmer, E.A. (2004) Molecular phylogenetic evidence for the geographic origin and classification of Canary Island Lotus (Fabaceae: Loteae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 32, 123-138.
2. Anderson, S.H. (2003) The relative importance of birds and insects as pollinators of the New Zealand flora. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 27, 83-94.
3. Baker, H.G. & Baker, I. (1983) Floral nectar sugar constituents in relation to pollinator type. Handbook of Experimental Pollination Ecology (eds C.E. Jones & R.L. Little), pp. 117-141. Van Nostrand Reinholdt, New York.
4. Baker, H.G., Baker, I. & Hodges, S.A. (1998) Sugar composition of nectars and fruits consumed by birds and bats in the tropics and subtropics. Biotropica 30, 559-586.
5. Bannerman, D.A. (1965) Birds of the Atlantic Islands, Vol. 2. Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh.
6. Barrett, S.C.H. (1996) The reproductive biology and genetics of island plants. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B 351, 725-733.
7. Böhle, U.-R., Hilger, H.H. & Martin, W.F. (1996) Island colonization and evolution of the insular woody habit in Echium L. (Boraginaceae). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 93, 11740-11745.
8. Brugger, K.E. (1992) Repellency of sucrose to captive American robins. Journal of Wildlife Management 56, 794-799.
9. Bruneau, A. (1997) Evolution and homology of bird pollination syndromes in Erythrina (Leguminosae). American Journal of Botany 84, 54-71.
10. Carlquist, S. (1995) Introduction. Hawaiian Biogeography. Evolution on a Hot Spot Archipelago (eds W.L. Warren & V.A. Funk), pp. 1-13. Smithonian Institution Press, Washington & London.
11. Carvalho, J.A. & Culham, A. (1998) Conservation status and preliminar results on the phylogenetics of Isoplexis (Lindl.) Benth. (Scrophulariaceae) an endemic Macaronesian genus. Boletim do Museu Municipal do Funchal Sup. 5, 109-127.
12. Castro, I. & Robertson, A.W. (1997) Honeyeaters and the New Zealand forest flora: the utilisation and profitability of small flowers. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 21, 169-179.
13. Crisp, M.D. (1994) Evolution of bird-pollination in some Australian legumes (Fabaceae). Phylogenetics and Ecology (eds P. Eggleton & R.I. Vane-Wright), pp. 281-309. Academic Press, London.
14. Cruden, R.W. (1972) Pollinators in high-elevation ecosystems: relative effectiveness of birds and bees. Science 176, 1439-1440.
15. Dupont, Y.L. & Skov, C. (2004) Influence of geographical distribution and floral traits on species richness of bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) visiting Echium species (Boraginaceae) in the Canary Islands. International Journal of Plant Sciences 165, 377-386.
16. Engler, A. (1879) Versuch einer Entwicklungsgeschichte der Pflanzenwelt, insbesondere der Florengebiete seit der Tertiärperiode. 1. Die Extratropischen Gebiete der Nördlichen Hemisphäre. W. Engelmann, Leipzig.
17. Faegri, K. & van der Piji, L. (1966) The Principles of Pollination Ecology. Pergamon Press, Oxford.
18. Feinsinger, P., Wolfe, J.A. & Swarm, L.A. (1982) Island ecology: reduced hummingbird diversity and the pollination biology of plants, Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies. Ecology 63, 494-506.
19. Ford, H.A. (1985) Nectarivory and pollination by birds in southern Australia and Europe. Oikos 44, 127-131.
20. Freeman, C.E., Worthington, R.D. & Jackson, M.S. (1991) Floral nectar sugar compositions of some South and Southeast Asian species. Biotropica 23, 568-574.
21. Fuertes-Aguilar, J., Ray, M.F., Francisco-Ortega, J., Santos-Guerra, A. & Jansen, R.K. (2002) Molecular evidence from chloroplast and nuclear markers for multiple colonizations of Lavatera (Malvaceae) in the Canary Islands. Systematic Botany 27, 74-83.
22. Grant, V. & Grant, K.A. (1965) Flower Pollination in the Phlox Family. Columbia University Press, New York & London.
23. Jackson, S., Nicolson, S.W. & van Wyk, B.-E. (1998) Apparent absorption efficiencies of nectar sugars in the Cape sugarbird, with a comparison of methods. Physiological Zoology 71, 106-115.
24. Johnson, S.D., Linder, H.P. & Steiner, K.E. (1998) Phylogeny and radiation of pollination systems in Disa (Orchidaceae). American Journal of Botany 85, 420-411.
25. Kugler, H. (1969) Blütenökologie. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart.
26. MacArthur, R. (1972) Density compensation in island faunas. Ecology 53, 330-342.
27. Malcarney, H.L., Martinez del Rio, C. & Apanius, V. (1994) Sucrose intolerance in birds: simple nonlethal diagnostic methods and consequences for assimilation of complex carbohydrates. Auk 111, 170-177.
28. Martín, A. & Lorenzo, J.A. (2001) Aves del Archipiélago Canario. Francisco Lemus, La Laguna, Tenerife.
29. Martinez del Rio, C. (1990) Dietary, phylogenetic, and ecological correlates of intestinal sucrase and maltase activity in birds. Physiological Zoology 63, 987-1011.
30. Martinez del Rio, C., Stevens, B.R., Daneke, D.E. & Andreadis, P.T. (1988) Physiological correlates of preference and aversion for sugars in three species of birds. Physiological Zoology 61, 222-229.
31. Martinez del Rio, C., Baker, H.G. & Baker, I. (1992) Ecological and evolutionary implications of digestive processes: bird preferences and the sugar constituents of floral nectar and fruit pulp. Experientia 48, 544-551.
32. Nicolson, S.W. & Fleming, P.A. (2003) Nectar as food for birds: the physiological consequences of drinking dilute sugar solutions. Plant Systematics and Evolution 238, 139-153.
33. Nicolson, S.W. & van Wyk, B.-E. (1998) Nectar sugars in Proteaceae: patterns and processes. Australian Journal of Botany 46, 489-504.
34. Olesen, J.M. (1985) The Macaronesian bird-flower element and its relation to bird and bee opportunists. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 91, 395-414.
35. Olesen, J.M. & Valido, A. (2003) Lizards as pollinators and seed dispersers: an island phenomenon. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 18, 177-181.
36. Pagel, M. (1994) Detecting correlated evolution on phylogenies: a general method for the comparative analysis of discrete characters. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 255, 37-45.
37. Perret, M., Chautems, A., Spichiger, R., Peixoto, M. & Savolainen, V. (2001) Nectar sugar composition in relation to pollination syndromes in Sinningieae (Gesneriaceae). Annals of Botany 87, 267-273.
38. Proctor, M., Yeo, P. & Lack, A. (1996) The Natural History of Pollination. Harper Collins Publishers, London.
39. Stevens, P.F. (2001-) Angiosperm Phylogeny Website, Version 4, May 2003. http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/research/APweb/.
40. Trujillo, O. (1992) Los Sílvidos en Gran Canaria. Contribución al estudio de la avifauna canaria. Excmo. Cabildo Insular de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
41. Valido, A., Dupont, Y.L. & Hansen, D.M. (2002) Native birds and insects, and introduced honey bees visiting Echium wildpretii (Boraginaceae) in the Canary Islands. Acta Oecologica 23, 413-419.
42. Vogel, S., Westerkamp, C., Theil, B. & Gessner, K. (1984) Ornithophilie auf den Canarischen Inseln. Plant Systematics and Evolution 146, 225-248.
43. Volsøe, H. (1951) The breeding birds of the Canary Islands 1. Introduction and synopsis of the species. Videnskabelige Meddelelser Fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening 113, 1-153.
44. Waser, N.M., Chittka, L., Price, M.V., Williams, N.M. & Ollerton, J. (1996) Generalization in pollination systems, and why it matters. Ecology 77, 1043-1060.
45. Westerkamp, C. (1996) Heimische Blumenvögel. Palmengarten 60, 17-24.
46. van Wyk, B.-E. (1993) Nectar sugar composition in southern African Papilionoideae (Fabaceae). Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 21, 271-277.