Reproductive ecology of understory species in a tropical montane forest in Costa Rica
The reproductive ecology of nine hermaphroditic understory species in a tropical montane Quercus forest was studied at two sites (2300 and 2600 m elev.) in the Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica. Flower life span, studied in six species, averaged 4.4 d. This is longer than flower life spans found i...
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ftunivlouvain:oai:dial.uclouvain.be:boreal:131538 2024-05-12T08:00:04+00:00 Reproductive ecology of understory species in a tropical montane forest in Costa Rica Wesselingh, Renate A. Witteveldt, Martin Morissette, Julienne den Nijs, Hans C. M. UCL - SC/BIOL - Département de biologie 1999 http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/131538 eng eng Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc. boreal:131538 http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/131538 urn:ISSN:0006-3606 urn:EISSN:1744-7429 info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Biotropica, Vol. 31, no.4, p. 637-645 (1999) Breeding system Talamanca Understory Bumblebee Cloud forest Costa Rica Flower life span Fruit set Pollination Pre-dispersal seed predation Reproductive success 3123 QH301 info:eu-repo/semantics/article 1999 ftunivlouvain 2024-04-17T17:19:18Z The reproductive ecology of nine hermaphroditic understory species in a tropical montane Quercus forest was studied at two sites (2300 and 2600 m elev.) in the Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica. Flower life span, studied in six species, averaged 4.4 d. This is longer than flower life spans found in the Monteverde cloud forest (2.7 d) and comparable to flower life spans found for arctic and alpine species. We studied the breeding system in five species and found no self-incompatible species. Four species proved self-compatible, and three of these showed autogamy. The main diurnal insect pollinator was the bumblebee Bombus ephippiatus. Natural fruit set was low (8-32%) in six species with few seeds per fruit, while two many-seeded species showed a high rate of fruit set (90 and 96%). The incidence of pre-dispersal seed predation was high; the percentage of seeds infested in four species ranged from 8 to 56 percent. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic DIAL@UCLouvain (Université catholique de Louvain) Arctic |
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Breeding system Talamanca Understory Bumblebee Cloud forest Costa Rica Flower life span Fruit set Pollination Pre-dispersal seed predation Reproductive success 3123 QH301 Wesselingh, Renate A. Witteveldt, Martin Morissette, Julienne den Nijs, Hans C. M. Reproductive ecology of understory species in a tropical montane forest in Costa Rica |
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Breeding system Talamanca Understory Bumblebee Cloud forest Costa Rica Flower life span Fruit set Pollination Pre-dispersal seed predation Reproductive success 3123 QH301 |
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The reproductive ecology of nine hermaphroditic understory species in a tropical montane Quercus forest was studied at two sites (2300 and 2600 m elev.) in the Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica. Flower life span, studied in six species, averaged 4.4 d. This is longer than flower life spans found in the Monteverde cloud forest (2.7 d) and comparable to flower life spans found for arctic and alpine species. We studied the breeding system in five species and found no self-incompatible species. Four species proved self-compatible, and three of these showed autogamy. The main diurnal insect pollinator was the bumblebee Bombus ephippiatus. Natural fruit set was low (8-32%) in six species with few seeds per fruit, while two many-seeded species showed a high rate of fruit set (90 and 96%). The incidence of pre-dispersal seed predation was high; the percentage of seeds infested in four species ranged from 8 to 56 percent. |
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UCL - SC/BIOL - Département de biologie |
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Wesselingh, Renate A. Witteveldt, Martin Morissette, Julienne den Nijs, Hans C. M. |
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Wesselingh, Renate A. Witteveldt, Martin Morissette, Julienne den Nijs, Hans C. M. |
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Wesselingh, Renate A. |
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Reproductive ecology of understory species in a tropical montane forest in Costa Rica |
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Reproductive ecology of understory species in a tropical montane forest in Costa Rica |
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Reproductive ecology of understory species in a tropical montane forest in Costa Rica |
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Reproductive ecology of understory species in a tropical montane forest in Costa Rica |
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Reproductive ecology of understory species in a tropical montane forest in Costa Rica |
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reproductive ecology of understory species in a tropical montane forest in costa rica |
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Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc. |
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1999 |
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Biotropica, Vol. 31, no.4, p. 637-645 (1999) |
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