Altitude-related shift of relative abundance from insect to sunbird pollination in Elaeagnus umbellata(Elaeagnaceae)  

作　　者：Hua-Qiang Pi Qiu-Mei Quan Bo Wu Xiao-Wen Lv Li-Min Shen Shuang-Quan Huang 

机构地区：[1]Institute of Evolution and Ecology,School of Life Sciences,Central China Normal University,Wuhan 430079,China [2]College of Environmental Science and Engineering,China West Normal University,Nanchong 637002,Sichuan,China [3]Biology Education,School of Primary Education,Fuzhou Preschool Education College,Fuzhou 344100,Jiangxi,China [4]Field Station,Tangjiahe National Nature Reserve,Guangyuan 628000,Sichuan,China

出　　处：《Journal of Systematics and Evolution》2021年第6期1266-1275,共10页植物分类学报（英文版）

基　　金：supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.31730012).

摘　　要：The evolution of floral traits has been thought to be influenced by local,effective pollinators.However,little attention has been paid to the possibility that altitudinal variation in floral traits could be mediated by local pollinator functional groups,particularly a shift from bees to birds.Plant size,floral traits,pollinators and their pollination roles were investigated in the spring-flowering shrub Elaeagnus umbellata(Elaeagnaceae)at three altitudes(1160,1676,and 2050 m)in Minshan,Sichuan Province,on the northern rim of the Hengduan Mountains,southwest China.Compared to lower altitudes,higher-altitude plants were smaller but the floral tubes were longer,with a larger volume of nectar of lower sugar concentration but with a greater proportion of sucrose.The visitation frequency of bees decreased with altitude,whereas the sunbirds did the opposite.Birds and bees foraged for nectar but not pollen,and birds deposited more pollen grains per visit relative to bees and least were syrphid flies.Excluding birds decreased seed set at high but not at mid-or low altitude.Our study of E.umbellata revealed an association between altitudinal variation in floral traits and a change in the relative abundance of the major pollinators with altitude from majority bees to majority sunbirds.Although abiotic factors also tend to vary with altitude and can affect floral traits,nectar properties of“pro-bird”pollination were observed at high altitude.

关 键 词：altitudinal variation Elaeagnus umbellata floral trait NECTAR pollination ecotype pollinator effectiveness 

分 类 号：Q94[生物学—植物学]