How does the pollen of one plant species impact the reproductive success of another?
Tag - interspecific pollen transfer
William Salter
Field evidence of differential pollen placement by bat-pollinated plants
Competition for pollination can occur between sympatric plant species sharing pollinators, but can be minimized if each plant species places pollen on different areas of the pollinator’s body. Hitherto there has...
botanyone
Examining the impact of heterospecific pollen deposition in the field
Most work on the impacts of heterospecific pollen deposition on plant fecundity has utilized hand-pollination experiments in greenhouse settings, and therefore we know little about the reproductive effects in the field...
Differential pollen placement increases pollination efficiency
Plant species that share pollinators are potentially subject to non-adaptive interspecific pollen transfer, resulting in reduced reproductive success. Mechanisms that increase pollination efficiency between conspecific...
Avoidance of interspecific pollen transfer in Pedicularis
Plants surrounded by individuals of other co-flowering species may attract more pollinators but can suffer a reproductive cost from interspecific pollen transfer. Yang et al. compare pollination and reproduction in...
