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Diel pattern of floral scent emission matches the relative importance of diurnal and nocturnal pollinators in populations of Gymnadenia conopsea

Chapurlat, Elodie (author)
Uppsala universitet,Växtekologi och evolution
Anderson, Joseph (author)
Uppsala universitet,Växtekologi och evolution
Ågren, Jon (author)
Uppsala universitet,Växtekologi och evolution
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Friberg, Magne (author)
Uppsala universitet,Växtekologi och evolution
Sletvold, Nina (author)
Uppsala universitet,Växtekologi och evolution
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2018-01-18
2018
English.
In: Annals of Botany. - : Oxford University Press (OUP). - 0305-7364 .- 1095-8290. ; 121, s. 711-721
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  • Background and AimsFloral scent is considered an integral component of pollination syndromes, and its composition and timing of emission are thus expected to match the main pollinator type and time of activity. While floral scent differences among plant species with different pollination systems can be striking, studies on intraspecific variation are sparse, which limits our understanding of the role of pollinators in driving scent divergence.MethodsHere, we used dynamic headspace sampling to quantify floral scent emission and composition during the day and at night in the natural habitat of six Scandinavian populations of the fragrant orchid Gymnadenia conopsea. We tested whether diel scent emission and composition match pollinator type by comparing four populations in southern Sweden, where nocturnal pollinators are more important for plant reproductive success than are diurnal pollinators, with two populations in central Norway, where the opposite is true. To determine to what extent scent patterns quantified in the field reflected plasticity, we also measured scent emission in a common growth chamber environment.Key ResultsBoth scent composition and emission rates differed markedly between day and night, but only the latter varied significantly among populations. The increase in scent emission rate at night was considerably stronger in the Swedish populations compared with the Norwegian populations. These patterns persisted when plants were transferred to a common environment, suggesting a genetic underpinning of the scent variation.ConclusionsThe results are consistent with a scenario where spatial variation in relative importance of nocturnal and diurnal pollinators has resulted in selection for different scent emission rhythms. Our study highlights the importance of adding a characterization of diel variation of scent emission rates to comparative studies of floral scent, which so far have often focused on scent composition only.

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NATURVETENSKAP  -- Biologi -- Evolutionsbiologi (hsv//swe)
NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Biological Sciences -- Evolutionary Biology (hsv//eng)
NATURVETENSKAP  -- Biologi -- Ekologi (hsv//swe)
NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Biological Sciences -- Ecology (hsv//eng)

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diel variation
diurnal and nocturnal pollination
floral evolution
floral scent
geographic variation
Gymnadenia conopsea (fragrant orchid)
plasticity
population differentiation
scent emission rate
scent rhythm
semi-generalkized pollination
spatial variation

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