Kin discrimination allows plants to modify investment towards pollinator attraction.

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Article: article from journal or magazin.
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Title
Kin discrimination allows plants to modify investment towards pollinator attraction.
Journal
Nature communications
Author(s)
Torices R., Gómez J.M., Pannell J.R.
ISSN
2041-1723 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
2041-1723
Publication state
Published
Issued date
22/05/2018
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
9
Number
1
Pages
2018
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Publication Status: epublish
Abstract
Pollinators tend to be preferentially attracted to large floral displays that may comprise more than one plant in a patch. Attracting pollinators thus not only benefits individuals investing in advertising, but also other plants in a patch through a 'magnet' effect. Accordingly, there could be an indirect fitness advantage to greater investment in costly floral displays by plants in kin-structured groups than when in groups of unrelated individuals. Here, we seek evidence for this strategy by manipulating relatedness in groups of the plant Moricandia moricandioides, an insect-pollinated herb that typically grows in patches. As predicted, individuals growing with kin, particularly at high density, produced larger floral displays than those growing with non-kin. Investment in attracting pollinators was thus moulded by the presence and relatedness of neighbours, exemplifying the importance of kin recognition in the evolution of plant reproductive strategies.
Keywords
Animals, Brassicaceae/anatomy & histology, Brassicaceae/classification, Brassicaceae/physiology, Flowers/anatomy & histology, Flowers/classification, Flowers/physiology, Insecta/physiology, Plant Physiological Phenomena, Pollination/physiology
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Web of science
Open Access
Yes
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