High frequency of ambophily in a Brazilian <i>campos de altitude</i>
We found a high frequency of ambophily in a single community (11 %), which represented an increment of ~5 % of species relative to all ambophilous species reported in the literature so far. Investigating pollen transport by wind in zoophilous species combined with controlled experiments helped detect ambophily in species that are usually ignored in wind pollination studies. Our results showed that putative zoophilous species may actually be ambophilous, suggesting that the selective pressures towards ambophily also occur in zoophilous lineages.
Authors
- Pedro Joaquim Bergamo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4984-4410)
- Leandro Freitas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4146-2514)
- Amanda Pacheco
Institutions
- Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro (BR)
- Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) (BR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Annals of Botany
- Published
- 2024-10-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcae176
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Plant and animal studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.03
Funders
- Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
- Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro