Publication Details |
| Category | Text Publication |
| Reference Category | Journals |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.02861.x |
| Title (Primary) | Pollination mode and life form strongly affect the relation between mating system and pollen to ovule ratios |
| Author | Michalski, S.G.; Durka, W.
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| Source Titel | New Phytologist |
| Year | 2009 |
| Department | BZF |
| Volume | 183 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Page From | 470 |
| Page To | 479 |
| Language | englisch |
| Keywords | biotic pollination; comparative method; life form; mating system; outcrossing rate; phylogeny; P : O ratios; wind pollination |
| Abstract | Pollen to ovule (P : O) ratios have been hypothesized to correlate with the degree of outcrossing and thus with the mating system of a plant. Also, P : O ratios are likely to vary with respect to pollination mode (i.e. wind pollination or animal pollination). Furthermore, constraints on the evolution of mating systems depending on life form may affect P : O ratios.We compiled P : O ratios and outcrossing rates for 107 angiosperm species and analyzed the relation between these traits considering pollination mode, life form and phylogenetic relatedness among species.In general, P : O ratios correlated significantly with outcrossing rates. However, when taking additional factors into account, the relation became ambiguous. The correlation was significantly positive in wind-pollinated species, but only marginally so in animal-pollinated species. Wind-pollinated species had higher P : O ratios than animal-pollinated taxa. In woody perennials, outcrossing was the predominant mating system and outcrossing rates did not correlate with P : O ratios. The results were not altered by accounting for phylogenetic relatedness among species.The results indicate that P : O ratios vary more strongly with pollination mode and life form than with the mating system. |
| Persistent UFZ Identifier | https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=409 |
| Michalski, S.G., Durka, W. (2009): Pollination mode and life form strongly affect the relation between mating system and pollen to ovule ratios New Phytol. 183 (2), 470 - 479 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.02861.x |
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