Size Matters: Understanding the Conflict Faced by Large Flowers in Mediterranean Environments

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dc.contributor.authorLópez Teixido, Alberto
dc.contributor.authorBarrio, Miguel
dc.contributor.authorValladares, Fernando
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-22T15:58:37Z
dc.date.available2024-01-22T15:58:37Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.descriptionAcknowledgments. We thank A. Escudero, J.M. Iriondo, J. Arroyo, P. García-Fayos, A. Sánchez, A. Traveset, S. Karrenberg, J. Ågren, N. Sletvold, A.L. Parachnowitsch, C.M. Caruso, J. Herrera, J. Ollerton, J.F. Scheepens, J. Těšitel and M.A. Rodríguez-Gironés for the comments provided during the first versions of the manuscript. We are also grateful to Y. Valiñani and E. Galisteo for lab assistance and to J.P. González-Varo, J. Güemes, E. Carrió, E. Triano and R. Torices for collecting flower buds for analyses of floral production costs. J. Herrera kindly provided some data of flower size for several Mediterranean species.
dc.description.abstractFlower size is a key trait in the reproductive ecology of animal-pollinated plants. However, pollinator-mediated selection does not always modulate this trait and environmental conditions and/or antagonist interactions may favor smaller flowers. We evaluate the occurrence of a large-flowered family in a hot and dry Mediterranean environment, mediated by a cost-benefit balance and a male–female conflict. Large flowers have sizeable benefits in terms of pollination and reproductive success and pollinators mediate selection through male function, but female fitness is context-dependent. High floral production and maintenance costs and florivore incidence in large flowers limit female function, which counteracts pollinator-mediated selection. Large flowers are highly costly in the Mediterranean and flower size is mediated by a sexual conflict between the benefits of male function and the costs of the female one. However, a short floral longevity, occasional pollen limitation and selection through maleness keep the existence of large flowers in these environments.
dc.description.departmentDepto. de Biodiversidad, Ecología y Evolución
dc.description.facultyFac. de Ciencias Biológicas
dc.description.refereedTRUE
dc.description.statuspub
dc.identifier.citationTeixido, A.L., Barrio, M. & Valladares, F. Size Matters: Understanding the Conflict Faced by Large Flowers in Mediterranean Environments. Bot. Rev. 82, 204–228 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12229-016-9168-8
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s12229-016-9168-8
dc.identifier.essn1874-9372
dc.identifier.issn0006-8101
dc.identifier.officialurlhttps://doi.org/10.1007/s12229-016-9168-8
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/94475
dc.journal.titleThe Botanical Review
dc.language.isoeng
dc.page.final228
dc.page.initial204
dc.publisherSpringer
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dc.subject.cdu581.5
dc.subject.keywordCistaceae
dc.subject.keywordFloralcosts
dc.subject.keywordFlower size
dc.subject.keywordPollinators
dc.subject.keywordMale fitness
dc.subject.keywordFemale fitness
dc.subject.ucmBotánica (Biología)
dc.subject.ucmEcología (Biología)
dc.subject.ucmMedio ambiente natural
dc.subject.unesco2417.19 Fisiología Vegetal
dc.subject.unesco2417.13 Ecología Vegetal
dc.titleSize Matters: Understanding the Conflict Faced by Large Flowers in Mediterranean Environments
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dc.volume.number82
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