Flower-visitor communities of an arcto-alpine plant — Global patterns in species richness, phylogenetic diversity and ecological functioning
Pollination is an ecosystem function of global importance. Yet, who visits the flower of specific plants, how the composition of these visitors varies in space and time and how such variation translates into pollination services are hard to establish. The use of DNA barcodes allows us to address eco...
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ftunivturku:oai:www.utupub.fi:10024/160906 2023-05-15T14:55:34+02:00 Flower-visitor communities of an arcto-alpine plant — Global patterns in species richness, phylogenetic diversity and ecological functioning Paul A. Smith Sarah T. Saalfeld Tomas Roslin Karissa Reischke Ján Šulavík Yulia Zaika Sian Williams David Hik Paul D. N. Hebert Jennifer Gale Christine Urbanowicz Maarten J. J. E. Loonen Bess Hardwick Christian Körner Paul Woodard Rauni Partanen Joël Bêty Tea Huotari Ilkka Syvänperä Fanny Senez‐Gagnon Mikko Tiusanen Emma Davis Tommi Andersson Ashley Asmus Richard B. Lanctot PÄÄT Lapin tutkimuslaitos Kevo, PÄÄT Kevo Subarctic Research Institute 2606011 2022-10-28T12:37:50Z 335 318 https://www.utupub.fi/handle/10024/160906 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/mec.14932 en eng Blackwell Publishing Ltd United Kingdom Britannia GB 28 10.1111/mec.14932 Molecular Ecology 2 https://www.utupub.fi/handle/10024/160906 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/mec.14932 URN:NBN:fi-fe2021042713175 1365-294X 0962-1083 2022 ftunivturku 2022-11-03T00:00:11Z Pollination is an ecosystem function of global importance. Yet, who visits the flower of specific plants, how the composition of these visitors varies in space and time and how such variation translates into pollination services are hard to establish. The use of DNA barcodes allows us to address ecological patterns involving thousands of taxa that are difficult to identify. To clarify the regional variation in the visitor community of a widespread flower resource, we compared the composition of the arthropod community visiting species in the genus Dryas (mountain avens, family Rosaceae), throughout Arctic and high‐alpine areas. At each of 15 sites, we sampled Dryas visitors with 100 sticky flower mimics and identified specimens to Barcode Index Numbers (BINs) using a partial sequence of the mitochondrial COI gene. As a measure of ecosystem functioning, we quantified variation in the seed set of Dryas. To test for an association between phylogenetic and functional diversity, we characterized the structure of local visitor communities with both taxonomic and phylogenetic descriptors. In total, we detected 1,360 different BINs, dominated by Diptera and Hymenoptera. The richness of visitors at each site appeared to be driven by local temperature and precipitation. Phylogeographic structure seemed reflective of geological history and mirrored trans‐Arctic patterns detected in plants. Seed set success varied widely among sites, with little variation attributable to pollinator species richness. This pattern suggests idiosyncratic associations, with function dominated by few and potentially different taxa at each site. Taken together, our findings illustrate the role of post‐glacial history in the assembly of flower‐visitor communities in the Arctic and offer insights for understanding how diversity translates into ecosystem functioning. Other/Unknown Material Arctic Mountain avens University of Turku: UTUPub Arctic |
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Pollination is an ecosystem function of global importance. Yet, who visits the flower of specific plants, how the composition of these visitors varies in space and time and how such variation translates into pollination services are hard to establish. The use of DNA barcodes allows us to address ecological patterns involving thousands of taxa that are difficult to identify. To clarify the regional variation in the visitor community of a widespread flower resource, we compared the composition of the arthropod community visiting species in the genus Dryas (mountain avens, family Rosaceae), throughout Arctic and high‐alpine areas. At each of 15 sites, we sampled Dryas visitors with 100 sticky flower mimics and identified specimens to Barcode Index Numbers (BINs) using a partial sequence of the mitochondrial COI gene. As a measure of ecosystem functioning, we quantified variation in the seed set of Dryas. To test for an association between phylogenetic and functional diversity, we characterized the structure of local visitor communities with both taxonomic and phylogenetic descriptors. In total, we detected 1,360 different BINs, dominated by Diptera and Hymenoptera. The richness of visitors at each site appeared to be driven by local temperature and precipitation. Phylogeographic structure seemed reflective of geological history and mirrored trans‐Arctic patterns detected in plants. Seed set success varied widely among sites, with little variation attributable to pollinator species richness. This pattern suggests idiosyncratic associations, with function dominated by few and potentially different taxa at each site. Taken together, our findings illustrate the role of post‐glacial history in the assembly of flower‐visitor communities in the Arctic and offer insights for understanding how diversity translates into ecosystem functioning. |
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Paul A. Smith Sarah T. Saalfeld Tomas Roslin Karissa Reischke Ján Šulavík Yulia Zaika Sian Williams David Hik Paul D. N. Hebert Jennifer Gale Christine Urbanowicz Maarten J. J. E. Loonen Bess Hardwick Christian Körner Paul Woodard Rauni Partanen Joël Bêty Tea Huotari Ilkka Syvänperä Fanny Senez‐Gagnon Mikko Tiusanen Emma Davis Tommi Andersson Ashley Asmus Richard B. Lanctot |
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Paul A. Smith Sarah T. Saalfeld Tomas Roslin Karissa Reischke Ján Šulavík Yulia Zaika Sian Williams David Hik Paul D. N. Hebert Jennifer Gale Christine Urbanowicz Maarten J. J. E. Loonen Bess Hardwick Christian Körner Paul Woodard Rauni Partanen Joël Bêty Tea Huotari Ilkka Syvänperä Fanny Senez‐Gagnon Mikko Tiusanen Emma Davis Tommi Andersson Ashley Asmus Richard B. Lanctot Flower-visitor communities of an arcto-alpine plant — Global patterns in species richness, phylogenetic diversity and ecological functioning |
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Paul A. Smith Sarah T. Saalfeld Tomas Roslin Karissa Reischke Ján Šulavík Yulia Zaika Sian Williams David Hik Paul D. N. Hebert Jennifer Gale Christine Urbanowicz Maarten J. J. E. Loonen Bess Hardwick Christian Körner Paul Woodard Rauni Partanen Joël Bêty Tea Huotari Ilkka Syvänperä Fanny Senez‐Gagnon Mikko Tiusanen Emma Davis Tommi Andersson Ashley Asmus Richard B. Lanctot |
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Flower-visitor communities of an arcto-alpine plant — Global patterns in species richness, phylogenetic diversity and ecological functioning |
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Flower-visitor communities of an arcto-alpine plant — Global patterns in species richness, phylogenetic diversity and ecological functioning |
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Flower-visitor communities of an arcto-alpine plant — Global patterns in species richness, phylogenetic diversity and ecological functioning |
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Flower-visitor communities of an arcto-alpine plant — Global patterns in species richness, phylogenetic diversity and ecological functioning |
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Flower-visitor communities of an arcto-alpine plant — Global patterns in species richness, phylogenetic diversity and ecological functioning |
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flower-visitor communities of an arcto-alpine plant — global patterns in species richness, phylogenetic diversity and ecological functioning |
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