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The role of colored accessory bracts in the reproductive biology of Lavandula stoechas

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This study investigates the role played by showy structures in the reproduction of Lavandula stoechas L. (Lamiaceae), a self-compatible Mediterranean shrub with compact, head-like inflorescences that are terminated by a tuft of conspicuous pink bracts. Pollinator visitation rates to plants with bracts correlated positively with that of paired, treated shrubs with all their bracts removed and, overall, bractless and control plants had equivalent visitation rates. In experimentally split shrubs, however, a strong effect on pollinator choice was evident, and distant visitor approaches were most often to that side keeping the attractive organs. Fecundity was not depressed in plants with reduced visual displays, and neither was the amount of pollen dispersed per flower or the size of stigmatic loads. There were, however, more pollen tubes, on average, at the lowermost part of the style in controls (10.8 tubes/style) than in bractless shrubs (8.3 tubes/style). Small, non-significant declines in average seed size, germinability, and seedling mass were detected following bract removal. Data support the notion that bracts are not essential to seed production in mature, relatively dense Lavandula populations where bee pollinators are often in good supply, but may be all-important f plant density is extremely low, or during population establishment. The roe of an amplified display in increasing average pollination distance and progeny quality in this species is discussed.

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The role of colored accessory bracts in the reproductive biology of Lavandula stoechas

Author: Herrera Maliani, Francisco Javier
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Year: 1997
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1997)078
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Ecology, 78(2), 1997, pp. 494-504
C) 1997 by he Ecological Socie y o Ame ica
THE ROLE OF COLORED ACCESSORY BRACTS IN THE REPRODUCTIVE
BIOLOGY OF LA VANDULA STOECHAS
JAVIER HERRERA
Depa amen o de Biologla Vege al y Ecolog a, Uni e sidad de Se illa, Apa ado 1095, E-41080 Se illa, Spain
Abs ac . This s udy in es iga es he ole played by showy s uc u es in he ep o-
duc ion o La andula s oechas L. (Lamiaceae), a sel -compa ible Medi e anean sh ub wi h
compac , head-like in lo escences ha a e e mina ed by a u o conspicuous pink b ac s.
Pollina o isi a ion a es o plan s wi h b ac s co ela ed posi i ely wi h ha o pai ed,
ea ed sh ubs wi h all hei b ac s emo ed and, o e all, b ac less and con ol plan s had
equi alen isi a ion a es. In expe imen ally spli sh ubs, howe e , a s ong e ec on
pollina o choice was e iden , and dis an isi o app oaches we e mos o en o ha side
keeping he a ac i e o gans. Fecundi y was no dep essed in plan s wi h educed isual
displays, and nei he was he amoun o pollen dispe sed pe lowe o he size o s igma ic
loads. The e we e, howe e , mo e pollen ubes, on a e age, a he lowe mos pa o he
s yle in con ols (10.8 ubes/s yle) han in b ac less sh ubs (8.3 ubes/s yle). Small, non-
signi ican declines in a e age seed size, ge minabili y, and seedling mass we e de ec ed
ollowing b ac emo al. Da a suppo he no ion ha b ac s a e no essen ial o seed
p oduc ion in ma u e, ela i ely dense La andula popula ions whe e bee pollina o s a e
o en in good supply, bu may be all-impo an i plan densi y is ex emely low, o du ing
popula ion es ablishmen . The ole o an ampli ied display in inc easing a e age pollina ion
dis ance and p ogeny quali y in his species is discussed.
Key wo ds: ecundi y; lo al display; La andula; Lamiaceae; Medi e anean; ou c ossing; pol-
lina o a ac ion.
INTRODUCTION
Many aspec s o animal-pollina ed plan ep oduc-
ion a e in luenced by he size o he lo al display,
including isi a ion a es and ecundi y (e.g., Willson
and P ice 1977, Lack 1982, Go i 1983, C uzan e al.
1988, Galen 1989), ou c ossing le els (Gebe 1985,
Robe son 1992, Klinkhame e al. 1994), success as a
male (Bell 1985, S an on e al. 1986, C uzan e al. 1988,
Campbell e al. 1991, De lin e al. 1992, among o he s),
and pollen discoun ing (Ha de and Ba e 1995).
Whene e la ge displays a ise om he p esen a ion o
many lowe s, consequences may also include adjus -
men o a ying esou ce le els and he oppo uni y o
selec i e emb yo abo ion (Su he land 1986; see S e-
phenson 1981, and Caspe and Niesenbaum 1993 o
e iews).
Ei he by making use o lowe polymo phisms (So-
lomon 1987, Galen and S an on 1989, Campbell e al.
1991, S an on e al. 1991, o example) o by manip-
ula ing a ac i e lowe pa s (Bell 1985, Young and
S an on 1990), mos s udies on he e ec s o inc eased
lo al displays on plan ep oduc ion conside he in-
di idual lowe as he a ac i e uni (see, howe e ,
C uzan e al. 1988, Ande sson 1991, Ande sson and
Widen 1993). Ne e heless, in many angiospe m
g oups he lowe s a e educed in size and agg ega ed
in o head-like in lo escences ha ac as uni s o a -
Manusc ip ecei ed 13 July 1995; e ised 2 May 1996;
accep ed 7 May 1996; inal e sion ecei ed 30 May 1996.
ac ion. Lea ing aside he examples in which in lo-
escence a ac i eness elies on lowe s la ge han a -
e age ( o example, in he Composi ae), conspicuous
seconda y s uc u es associa ed wi h lowe s bu no
composed o lowe s hemsel es a e exceedingly com-
mon in se e al plan amilies (e.g., he colo ed b ac s
o many A aceae, B omeliaceae, Eupho biaceae, and
Nyc aginaceae; Heywood 1978).
Non lo al showy s uc u es a e aci ly accep ed o
imp o e pollina ion success by enhancing isual dis-
play. Howe e , empi ical da a on his issue a e sca ce
(bu see Mendez and Obeso 1992), which is su p ising
since manipula ing such s uc u es is a easie han
inducing changes in e e y lowe o an indi idual. Fu -
he mo e, a majo di e ence be ween lo al and non-
lo al s uc u es is ha he la e can o en be ela i ely
ee om he s ong phylogene ic cons ain expe i-
enced by mos quan i a i e lo al ai s (e.g., Webb
1984). The e o e, because non lo al de ices a e likely
o be e olu iona ily mo e e sa ile, such o gans may
p o ide a use ul ool o he s udy o he ela ionship
be ween lo al display and plan ep oduc ion. In ad-
di ion, ancilla y s uc u es inc ease showiness wi hou
inc easing game ophy e numbe s (as opposed o p o-
ducing la ge numbe s o lowe s), and he e ec o
display on isi a ion a es, pheno ypic gende , and ou -
c ossing le els can be es ed wi hou he con ounding
e ec s o di ec sexual alloca ion.
The pu pose o his s udy was o in es iga e he p e-
sumed ad an age o ha ing non lo al, colo ed s uc-
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Ma ch 1997 FLORAL DISPLAY IN LAVANDULA 495
PLATE 1. A medium-sized, 1 m high La andula sh ub.
u es (b ac s) associa ed wi h he lowe s o La andula
s oechas, a Medi e anean sh ub. The ai is ela i ely
ee om phylogene ic cons ain since, among he se -
en Eu opean species o La andula, only L. s oechas
and he ela ed L. i idis ha e such b ac s (Guinea
1972). Al hough he e is na u al a ia ion o he s ud-
ied cha ac e is ic (in he in ensi y o colo , shape, and
size o b ac s), i is o en ela i ely di icul o quan i y,
so my app oach consis ed o manipula i e expe imen s
o simula e he appea ance o "mu an s" (Wase 1983)
comple ely lacking b ac s.
Pollina o s can pe cei e hese o gans as e idenced
du ing pilo , b ac - emo al expe imen s a he begin-
ning o his s udy, when I obse ed ha bees o en
app oached he disca ded b ac s on he g ound. The e-
o e, he gene ic ques ion is no he a he ob ious "A e
b ac s a ac i e o pollina o s?" bu "How much, and
in which way does his ai in luence plan ep oduc-
ion?" The ollowing speci ic ques ions a e add essed:
(1) do b ac s inc ease plan isi a ion a e?; (2) a e
b ac s c i ical o he numbe o pollen g ains deposi ed
on he s igma and/o he numbe o pollen ubes in he
s yle?; (3) is he a e o pollen expo a ec ed by he
p esence o b ac s?; (4) do b ac s inc ease ecundi y?;
and (5) is he e any di e ence in igo among he p og-
enies o no mal and b ac less plan s?
METHODS
S udy plan
La andula s oechas L. (Lamiaceae; La andula, he e-
a e ) is an a oma ic, Medi e anean xe ophy ic sh ub
up o 1 m high, which is e y common in well-inso-
la ed, d y si es in sou he n Spain. F om sea le el o
moun ain anges up o 1000 m abo e sea le el, pop-
ula ions occu as agg ega ions o sh ubs in pa ches o
a ying a ea. Regene a ion occu s only om seed (He -
e a 1987). Rep oduc i e cha ac e is ics p e iously
s udied in his species include head a chi ec u e (De-
esa e al. 1985), b eeding sys em (Mu ioz and De esa
1987), lowe and ui biology (He e a 1991, 1993),
and insec lowe choice (Du ield e al. 1993). Flowe s
ha e a small (5 mm long), da k-pu ple ubula co olla
inse ed in o a ubula calyx, and a e agg ega ed in
heads. These a e composed o igh ly packed dichasia
(i.e., g oups o lowe s on a highly educed b anch)
a ached o a cen al, common axis (Fig. 1). Each head
encloses some 100 buds, al hough he e a e seldom
mo e han 20 lowe s open simul aneously. Each head
is e mina ed by a u o showy pink b ac s (Fig. 1),
each measu ing 20-30 X 5-10 mm. The e a e ypically
ou pe head, and since an a e age indi idual bea s
20-50 heads, he o al numbe o b ac s on a lowe ing
sh ub is la ge and hei isual impac is (a leas o
humans) conside able.
La andula lowe s sec e e minu e (0.5-1.5 ALL)
amoun s o suga - ich (30-60%) nec a and ha e an
a e age pollen: o ule a io o 1000. Al hough lowe s
se ui ollowing expe imen al pollina ion wi h pollen
om he same indi idual (and a e hus conside ed sel -
compa ible; Mu ioz and De esa 1987), au ogamy (i.e.,
wi hin- lowe pollina ion) a ely occu s in na u e be-
cause o ma ked p o and y. Because many newly open,
pollen-shedding lowe s cus oma ily coexis wi h olde ,
emale-phase lowe s in any sh ub, howe e , wi hin-
plan pollina ion (i.e., gei onogamy) is p obably e y
common.
S udy si es
The s udy was conduc ed du ing he win e and
sp ing o 1992, 1993, 1994, and 1995 a wo sou he n
Spanish locali ies (Do iana and Aznalcaza ) sepa a ed
FIG. 1. A head o La andula s oechas showing he cha -
ac e is ic g oup o s e ile, colo ed b ac s a he op.
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FIG. 2. The h ee s a egies used in his s udy o spa ial
in e spe sion o ea men s (a, b, c), wi h squa es ep esen ing
sh ubs, and con ol/ ea ed expe imen al uni s deno ed by
open/shaded symbols. The a ying a eas o symbols ep esen
a ia ions in size (head numbe ) among uni s. Ho izon al lines
delimi expe imen al blocks.
by 50 km. The Do iana si e is in he Do ana Biological
Rese e, a coas al a ea nea he gul o Cadiz whe e
ege a ion is domina ed by sc ub g owing on old s a-
bilized sand dunes (see Ri as-Ma inez e al. 1980 o
a desc ip ion). A his si e, La andula plan s g ow in-
e mingled wi h many o he sh ub species. The Az-
nalcaza si e is u he inland bu a abou he same
ele a ion as he coas al si e. This popula ion is a nea ly
pu e s and o La andula inhabi ing a woodland clea -
ing. The subs a e is made up o g a el, and ege a ion
is la gely domina ed by Pinus pinea woodland wi h an
unde s o y o xe ophy ic sc ub.
The s udy popula ions we e selec ed because o hei
con as ing spa ial s uc u es, sh ub size dis ibu ions,
and pollina o ac i i y egimes. The popula ion a Az-
nalcaza is composed o some 400 indi iduals dis ib-
u ed o e an a ea o 20 X 40 m. Mos plan s bea 20-
50 heads when in ull bloom (medium-sized sh ubs,
he ea e ), al hough la ge plan s (50-200 heads) a e
also common. This is he commones popula ion s uc-
u e o La andula h oughou sou he n Spain (pe sonal
obse a ion). In con as , he Doiana popula ion is
made up o small (<20 heads) and medium-sized plan s
e enly sp ead o e many hec a es. Si es also di e in
he abundance and di e si y o he lowe - isi ing in-
sec a ay: a Do iana, Apis melli e a accoun s o nea -
ly 90% o isi s (He e a 1988), whe eas a Aznalcaza
a a ied assemblage o soli a y bees is ound in ad-
di ion o honey bees. Fu he mo e, a he coas al si e
he e a e o en mild o s ong b eezes, which nega i ely
a ec pollina o ac i i y.
Whole-plan b ac emo al expe imen s
To es he hypo hesis ha b ac s acili a e pollina-
ion in La andula I selec ed a sample o plan s, e-
mo ed all he b ac s om sh ubs chosen a andom,
and hen compa ed i ness- ela ed a iables (e.g., seed
se ) among indi iduals wi h and wi hou b ac s. Be-
cause he buds om which heads will de elop appea
synch onously in La andula, mos b ac s in a sh ub
could be emo ed a a single da e when lowe ing was
abou o begin. Addi ionally, howe e , I echecked each
ea ed plan weekly o elimina e b ac s om he ew
esidual head buds ha could ha e appea ed anew. This
"whole-plan app oach" was used o s udy he e ec s
o b ac s on insec isi a ion a es, ecundi y, s igma ic
pollen loads, and he numbe o pollen ubes in he
s yle.
Insec isi a ion a es.-Ten adjacen plan s a he
Do iana popula ion we e selec ed a he beginning o
he 1992 lowe ing season. Indi iduals we e pai ed, and
heads clipped as necessa y om one o he indi iduals
in each pai in o de o ob ain equal numbe s o heads
on bo h plan s (Fig. 2a). This numbe anged om 36
o 60 heads. A plan wi hin each pai was hen selec ed
a andom, and all colo ed b ac s we e clipped. Pai ed
plan s we e close enough (0.5-1 m) o allow simul a-
neous obse a ion o hei isi o s ollowing a schedule
in which I obse ed one pai o 4 min, hen mo ed o
he nex pai o ano he 4 min, e c., un il all i e pai s
had been moni o ed. Fou such uns we e pe o med
on each o wo da es, a 1000, 1200, 1400, and 1600.
In all, his accoun s o 32 min o obse a ion pe pai
o sh ubs. The same p ocedu e was used a he Az-
nalcaza popula ion wi h ano he se o pai ed sh ubs
in which he lo al display anged be ween 11 and 33
heads/plan . All censusing was ca ied ou in wa m,
clea wea he , which is ypical o he blooming pe iod
o La andula in sou he n Spain.
Fecundi y.-In 1992 and 1994 he ecundi y o
plan s wi h and wi hou b ac s was compa ed a he
Do iana si e (Fig. 2b). I was unable o use he same
indi iduals in 1992 and 1994 because o high plan
mo ali y, bu plan samples we e compa able in ha
he sh ubs inhabi ed he same a ea and we e simila in
size ( o he 1992 se , 18 heads/plan on a e age, ange
5-70, N = 30; o he 1994 se , 19 heads/plan , ange
5-36, N = 20). The me hod (and iming) used o b ac
emo al was iden ical o ha desc ibed p e iously (see
abo e Whole-plan b ac emo al expe imen s).
The main componen o ecundi y s udied was seed
se . In La andula he o a y has ou o ules, and seed
se pe lowe is hus i ually a ca ego ical a iable
(ze o, one, wo, h ee, o ou seeds may de elop). To
ge a measu e o ecundi y s a is ically mo e powe ul
han pe - lowe seed se , I examined he p opo ion o
o ules wi hin a head ha de elop in o iable seed (i.e.,
seed se pe head). Fu he mo e, since he loss o low-
e s (caused by bee les in he genus Melige hes, Ni i-
dulidae) can also be a majo de e minan o ecundi y
in La andula (He e a 1993), p eda o ac i i y was also
in es iga ed. A di ec measu e o p eda ion in ensi y
o heads is di icul o ob ain because wil ing co ollas
a e d opped om hei calyces wi hin 7-10 d om
an hesis. Howe e , an es ima e can be ob ained a he
ui ing s age om he p opo ion o calyces con aining
insec d oppings, cu icles, o chewed lowe pa s
(mos ly he o a y).
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Heads a e in e nally he e ogeneous because hey a e
in ac agg ega ions o small, 5-7 lowe ed uni s (di-
chasia). Flowe s opening i s in each dichasium a e
mos likely o p oduce ui s, whe eas la e opening
ones a e much mo e esou ce limi ed (He e a 1991).
When sampling ui s o assess seed se /head, I used
only cen al (i.e., i s -opening) lowe s, so ecundi y
es ima es epo ed below a e uppe bounds. This was
pa icula ly con enien du ing he 1994 season, when
plan ecundi y d opped o ex emely low le els be-
cause o d ough . When sampling heads o p eda ion,
on he o he hand, I used la e al (i.e, la e opening)
lowe s. Since hese a e p eyed upon mo e in ensely
han ea ly-opening ones (He e a 1993), p eda ion a es
epo ed a e also maximum es ima es. On 4-5 heads
pe plan , I sampled all (10-15) i s -o de calyces o
iable seeds along wi h 10 second-o de calyces o
p eda ion. Sampling di e en se s o lowe s o check
ecundi y o p eda ion helps o a oid edundancies in
he esul ing da a se and o make hese es ima es el-
a i ely independen . Fu he mo e, using he same se
o lowe s o es ima e ecundi y and p eda ion would
ha e o ced me o deal wi h ye ano he sou ce o a i-
a ion (namely wi hin-head he e ogenei y) which was o
no in e es o he s udy.
Pollen loads and he numbe o pollen ubes in na -
u ally pollina ed lowe s.-One way in which b ac s
migh enhance pollina ion is by inc easing he numbe
o imes a lowe is isi ed, hus esul ing in la ge
s igma ic pollen loads and/o g ea e pollen ube num-
be pe lowe . To es his, 20 small sh ubs abou o
lowe we e ma ked a Do iana du ing he 1994 season
and e e y colo ed b ac emo ed om 10 o hese
plan s. Sh ubs we e sp ead o e an a ea o 900 m2 and
in e mingled wi h many nonexpe imen al indi iduals
(see Fig. 2b). A weekly in e als on h ee di e en
da es, d y co ollas (and he s yles he ein) ha e-
mained a ached o he calyx we e haphaza dly col-
lec ed om a numbe o heads on each sh ub and ixed
in o maline: ace ic acid: alcohol (5:5:90). Ma e ial
om each sh ub was ho oughly mixed (pollen was
i mly adhe ed o s igmas, so g ain exchange be ween
s igmas was unlikely). Then a sample o 10 s yles was
chosen a andom. A e clea ing wi h ho , 8 mol/L
NaOH o 30 min, s yles we e insed, s ained in a d op
o decolo ized aniline-blue, and obse ed unde UV
ligh (Ma in 1959) o coun he numbe o pollen
g ains adhe ed o he s igma and o pollen ubes a he
base o he s yle.
Spli -plan b ac emo al
Using sh ubs as expe imen al uni s o pe o m b ac
emo al allows one o di ec ly assess he ai 's sig-
ni icance o i ness. Howe e , ex ensi e be ween-plan
a ia ion exis ed o e e y s udied a iable, which
migh gene a e inconclusi e esul s i he hypo hesized
e ec was ela i ely weak. To allow some con ol o
be ween-plan a ia ion, I also used hal -sh ubs as ex-
pe imen al uni s in a sepa a e se o expe imen s. In
hese, I selec ed a g oup o plan s, hen spli each plan
in o wo equal-sized hal es (i.e., wi h he same numbe
o heads on each side), and compa ed esponse a i-
ables wi hin and among plan s ollowing b ac emo al
om one andomly chosen hal (see Fig. 2c). Plan
spli ing was done by clipping heads so as o c ea e a
10-20 cm wide s ip de oid o lowe s ac oss he sh ub.
In his way, I s udied he po en ial e ec s o b ac s on
pollina o choice, numbe o heads isi ed, amoun o
pollen expo ed by indi idual lowe s, as well as seed
and seedling cha ac e is ics. As in he whole-plan ap-
p oach, b ac s we e emo ed om heads be o e he
onse o he blooming season.
A disad an age o using spli plan s as expe imen al
uni s is ha ea men e ec s a e no di ec ly in e -
p e able in e ms o i ness (since hal -plan s a e no
eal en i ies bu a i ices), and one has o conjec u e
abou how and i esul s om hal -sh ubs loca ed side
by side would ex apola e o ac ual sh ubs. A leas
ega ding in e plan dis ances and i s bea ing on pol-
lina o a ac ion, his is no a se ious d awback because
ue indi iduals a e mos o en side by side in La an-
dula popula ions, and pollina o s a e hus likely o dj s-
play simila ligh pa e ns, ega dless o he ac ha
hey ace a pai o eal sh ubs o a pai o expe imen-
ally p oduced hal -sh ubs. The e could be some doub ,
howe e , on whe he hal -sh ubs sha e esou ces: i
he e exis ed compensa o y e ec s wi hin a spli sh ub,
b ac emo al e ec s in ( o example) seed size migh
be obscu ed. The a ailable e idence, howe e , indi-
ca es ha such e ec s a e unlikely o occu . Fo ex-
ample, he low ui se ha cha ac e izes la e-opening
lowe s wi hin a head can be a i icially inc eased by
emo ing a subse o lowe s om he head (Mu ioz
and De esa 1987), bu i canno be by emo ing o he
heads on he sh ub (He e a 1991). This suppo s he
idea ha La andula heads beha e like independen e-
sou ce alloca ion uni s, and ha compensa o y e ec s
wi hin spli sh ubs a e no likely.
Pollina o choice.-Du ing he 1993 season, 10
plan s pe popula ion we e selec ed and spli as de-
sc ibed abo e. The esul ing hal es we e sequen ially
obse ed du ing 30-min pe iods o a o al o 120 min
pe plan (i.e., a o al o 1200 min o obse a ion/pop-
ula ion) o eco d he numbe o insec s ha , when
app oaching a spli sh ub o he i s ime, selec ed he
side wi h b ac s o he side wi hou b ac s. This was
in ended o emphasize he e ec o b ac s on insec
choice a a dis ance (i.e., a en ion was no paid o shi s
om he i s -chosen hal -plan o he neighbo ing one).
The numbe s o heads on hal -sh ubs anged be ween
10 and 60 a Do iana (mean ? 1 SE, 32.0 ? 2, N =
20), and be ween 14 and 55 a Aznalcaza (34.7 ? 4,
N = 20). Obse a ions we e ca ied ou om mo ning
o a e noon on di e en da es a each o he popula-
ions.
Numbe o heads isi ed.-Inc eased conspicuous-
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ness b ough abou by b ac s migh help sh ubs o e ain
isi o s o a longe pe iod o ime, which migh esul
in mo e lowe s o heads being isi ed by each polli-
na o . This migh in u n a ec he emale and/o he
male componen o ep oduc ion (by inc easing ei he
s igma ic pollen loads and/o pollen expo ). The num-
be o heads isi ed by pollina o s was in es iga ed a
Aznalcaza by selec ing h ee la ge sh ubs, spli ing
each in o hal es as desc ibed abo e, and hen emo ing
b ac s om one hal . When an insec a i ed, I no ed
how many heads i isi ed be o e lea ing ha hal . To
accoun o pollina o -speci ic e ec s, sepa a e eco ds
we e kep o Apis melli e a and soli a y bees. O e all,
188 insec s we e acked.
Pollen dispe sal.-B ac s could ha e no appa en e -
ec on ecundi y, and ye ha e a posi i e e ec on he
male componen o ep oduc ion. To check his pos-
sibili y, 405 lowe buds abou o open we e ma ked
ea ly in he mo ning on Ma ch 1995 a he Do iana
popula ion om a o al o 20 p e iously spli sh ubs
(da a we e pa ially missing o one o he sh ubs,
whe eas ano he plan happened o be male s e ile, so
he inal sample size was only 18 indi iduals). O hese
buds, 61 we e on heads bagged wi h 0.2-mm mesh ha
excluded all kind o pollina o s, whe eas he emaining
(on heads wi h o wi hou b ac s) we e exposed o in-
sec s. Flowe s we e le o open and be isi ed no mally
du ing hei 1s d o an hesis, a he end o which a
sample o co ollas was picked up wi h g ea ca e o
a oid any pollen losses and indi idually kep in num-
be ed ials. The emaining lowe s we e le exposed
o pollina o s du ing he 2nd d o an hesis and hen
collec ed. All ou an he s o lowe s a e open a he
ime o an hesis in La andula, and pollen has los mos
iabili y a e 48 h o elease om an he s (Mu loz and
De esa 1987).
The amoun o pollen emaining in he an he s in all
h ee g oups o lowe s (bagged, exposed o 1 d, and
exposed o 2 d) was es ima ed by adding 0.2 mL o
a wa e -de e gen -sa anine solu ion o each ial, ca e-
ully squashing he an he s wi h o ceps, and aking
wo 0.5-[iL aliquo s o he solu ion. The numbe o
g ains in each aliquo was hen coun ed a 40X unde
he mic oscope. Because he numbe s in he i s and
he second ex ac ion o each lowe we e highly co -
ela ed ( = 0.960, N = 405, P << 0.001), hese we e
a e aged and, a e co ec ing o he dilu ion ac o ,
he esul ing igu e was used as an es ima e o he pol-
len ha each lowe had ailed o dispe se. Wea he
condi ions we e simila du ing he 2 d spanned by he
expe imen , wi h ligh b eezes, wa m empe a u es
(daily maxima - 250C), and mode a e o high bee ac-
i i y.
Seed and seedling cha ac e is ics.-To in es iga e
he e ec o b ac s on seed cha ac e is ics, se en sh ubs
a Do iana we e spli as p e iously desc ibed a he
onse o he 1993 blooming season. By he ime he
ui s we e ipe (ea ly summe ) heads om each hal -
CD 10 3
CD 9
Z 8-
w
-5
CD 3
1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19
2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20
PLANT IDENTIFICATION NUMBER
FIG. 3. Visi a ion a es o pai ed La andula sh ubs (con-
ol/no b ac s) ma ched by size. Each ba is he mean numbe
o pollina o s a i ing a a sh ub pe 4-min census (N = 8
o each plan ). Open ba s ep esen con ols, and shaded ba s
ep esen ea ed sh ubs. Ve ical lines span 2 SE. Plan s 1-
10 a e om Do iana, 11-20 a e om Aznalcaza .
plan we e ha es ed, aken o he labo a o y, and
s o ed a ambien empe a u e. The nex au umn, seeds
om ea ly-opening lowe s (i.e., hose expe iencing
less abo ion) we e picked, and hose un illed o show-
ing signs o p eda ion disca ded. A o al o 526 an-
domly chosen seeds we e indi idually weighed o he
nea es 0.01 mg o es o he e ec o b ac emo al
on seed size. This expe imen was epea ed in 1995,
his ime using 18 di e en sh ubs.
Do iana plan s we e a he small, hus making i di -
icul o collec la ge numbe s o seeds. The e o e, he
e ec o b ac emo al on ge mina ion a e and seed-
ling size was s udied in i e la ge sh ubs om Aznal-
caza . Th ee-hund ed seeds om each hal -plan we e
sown in po s con aining mois pea inside an unhea ed
glasshouse ( h ee po s pe hal -plan , 100 seeds pe
po ), and he numbe o seedlings appea ing in each
po eco ded 2 wk la e . Seedlings we e hinned o 20
pe po a his ime, and hose emaining we e egula ly
wa e ed o he nex 30 d. A his poin I ha es ed he
seedlings and de e mined hei esh masses o he nea -
es millig am.
Da a analyses
Expe imen al uni s in his s udy a e ei he whole
sh ubs o hal -sh ubs (see Fig. 2) and, acco dingly,
a ia es o he s udied a iables a e a e ages o ei he
plan s o hal -plan s. Fo example, when looking a
isi a ion a es o sh ubs wi h o wi hou b ac s, he
numbe s o insec s pe 4-min census o a gi en plan
we e a e aged and he esul ing igu e used. I wha
was being add essed was he e ec on ( o example)
pollen expo , he numbe o g ains le in se e al low-
e s wi hin a hal -plan we e a e aged and he mean
used o ep esen his hal -plan 's a e o ailu e in pol-
len expo . In gene al, means dis ibu ed no mally and
no ans o ma ions we e needed, wi h he excep ion o
pe cen age seed se , which was a csine squa e- oo
ans o med. When app op ia e (i.e., he designs in Fig.
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TABLE 1. (A) Rela ionship o colo ed b ac s and ecundi y
in La andula. The analysis o co a iance (B) used he a -
e aged seed se o i e heads pe sh ub as he esponse
a iable, and a e age p eda ion in ensi y as a con inuous
co a ia e. "T ea men " e e s o b ac emo al. The ex-
pe imen al design co esponds o ha shown in Fig. 2b.
A)
Seed se o sh ubs (%)
Wi h b ac s Wi hou b ac s
Yea (X ?+ SE) (X ?+ SE)
1992 49 ?5 55 ?5
1994 21 ?4 14 ?4
B)
Yea Sou ce d MS F P
1992 T ea men 1 277.5 0.78 0.39
P eda ion 1 15.6 0.04 0.84
E o 27 355.4
1994 T ea men 1 82.9 0.69 0.42
P eda ion 1 546.6 4.55 0.04
E o 17 120.0
N = 10 in all cases excep o 1992 (wi h b ac s), whe e
N = 14.
2a, c), pai s o expe imen al uni s we e ea ed as an-
domized blocks. Analyses we e pe o med wi h p o-
cedu es in SAS (1990) and SYSTAT (Wilkinson 1986)
s a is ical packages.
RESULTS
Whole-plan expe imen s: insec isi a ion a es
A he spa se popula ion sh ubs ecei ed om 1 o
3 insec s/census, whe eas a he denses si e be ween
2 and 8 insec s/census we e eco ded (Fig. 3). The a es
o isi a ion o pai s o con ol and ea ed sh ubs
co ela ed posi i ely ( , = 0.650, N = 10, P < 0.05),
indica ing ha among-plan a ia ions a e due (a leas
in pa ) o spa ial loca ion and head numbe .
A andomized block analysis o plan means e ealed
a signi ican e ec o "Block" (i.e., sh ub pai ; MS =
0.561, d = 9, F = 3.64, P = 0.03), while i ailed o
de ec any e ec due o b ac s (MS = 0.299, d = 1, F
= 1.95, P = 0.20; e o MS = 0.154, d = 9). Because
o high among-plan a ia ion in isi a ion a es, how-
e e , his analysis is p one o Type II e o . Wi h he
obse ed a iance in isi a ion a es and N = 10, he
powe o a es o di e ences among ea men means
is only 0.67 (i.e., a ue di e ence would ail o be
de ec ed a P < 0.05 in 33% o es s). O e all, b ac less
sh ubs ecei ed 2.9 ? 0.6 pollina o s/census, as op-
posed o 3.8 ? 0.8 ecei ed by con ols (i.e., a 23%
dec ease).
Fecundi y
A e age o e all seed se was :50% in 1992, and as
low as 15% in 1994. D ough du ing 1994 may (in
addi ion o plan iden i y) accoun o he di e ence
(Table 1). In 1992 seed se was highe in ea ed sh ubs
han in con ols, and he e e se occu ed in 1994.
uj 00
? 12 - 0 0
z 0
U3i 0 0 0 00
0 0 ?
DD
Z 8 -
uj
0 0
0
CL 6 -
4 _ L
0 50 100 150
NO. POLLEN GRAINS ON STIGMA
FIG. 4. The ela ionship be ween pollen load on he s ig-
ma and he numbe o ubes in he s yle in La andula. Each
do is he a e age alue o a sh ub wi h (0) o wi hou (0)
b ac s. The eg ession line o his ela ionship ( ubes = 6.8
? 0.04 s igma ic load, 2 = 0.27, N = 20) is also shown.
Howe e , in no yea we e ea men e ec s signi ican
(Table 1). The co a ia e p o ed signi ican only du ing
1994, implying ha ecundi y and lowe p eda ion co -
ela ed (nega i ely) du ing ha yea .
Pollen loads and numbe o ubes as
a ec ed by b ac s
O e all, he e we e, on a e age, 74 ? 5 pollen g ains
pe s igma (median 52, minimum 0, maximum 400)
and 9.5 ? 0.5 pollen ubes pe s yle (median 10, min-
imum 0, maximum 24) in he s udied sample. The a -
e age pollen g ain: pollen ube a io was 7.8, and ha
o pollen ubes o o ules 2.4. O 200 lowe s analyzed,
only six had no pollen on hei s igmas.
Plan means o he size o s igma ic pollen loads
anged om 16.8 o 141.5 g ains, and he numbe o
TABLE 2. (A) Rela ionship o La andula b ac s and he
numbe o pollen ubes ha each he lowe mos pa o
he s yle. The analysis o co a iance (B) used he a e age
numbe o ubes in 10 na u ally pollina ed lowe s pe sh ub
as he esponse a iable, and he a e age numbe o pollen
g ains on he s igma as a con inuous co a ia e. "T ea -
men " e e s o b ac emo al. The expe imen al design
co esponds o ha shown in Fig. 2b.
A)
Sh ubs
Wi h b ac s Wi hou b ac s
Va iable (X ? 1 SE) (X ? 1 SE)
Pollen g ains on s igma 73.2 ? 12 74.6 ? 12
Pollen ubes in s yle 10.8 + 1 8.3 I 1
B)
Sou ce d MS F P
T ea men 1 32.7 9.23 0.007
Pollen load 1 35.8 10.090 0.006
E o 17 3.6
N = 10 in all cases excep o pollen g ains on s igma
(wi hou b ac s), whe e N = 16.
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TABLE 3. (A) Pollina o beha io as a ec ed by colo ed
b ac s and (B) analysis o a iance. The app oaching a e
is he a e age numbe o insec s, which, when a i ing o
a spli (b ac /no b ac s) sh ub om a dis ance, chose ei he
he con ol o he ea ed hal . The expe imen al design
co esponds o ha shown in Fig. 2c, wi h each spli sh ub
ep esen ing a block.
A)
App oaching a e (no. insec s/30 min)
T ea men X + 1 SE N
Con ols 4.04 0 0.3 20
No b ac s 2.38 + 0.3 20
B)
Sou ce d MS F P
T ea men 1 1.88 15.50 0.001
Block 19 0.19 1.53 0.18
E o 19 0.12
pollen ubes in he s yle a ied be ween 4.9 and 13.2.
I is wo hwhile no ing ha pollen ube numbe was
less a iable among plan s (c = 27%) han s igma ic
pollen loads (c = 50%). Thus, pollen deposi ion on
he s igma was hea ily a ec ed- by ac o s ela ed o
plan iden i y, whe eas he po en ial o o ule e il-
iza ion was ela i ely ee om cons ain by indi id-
ual-speci ic ai s (see Discussion).
A signi ican , posi i e linea ela ionship be ween
pollen ube numbe and s igma ic pollen load was de-
ec ed (Fig. 4; F = 6.69, d = 1, 18, P = 0.02). Because
sh ubs wi hou b ac s appea mos ly below he line o
eg ession, his ela ionship seems o be a ec ed by
b ac emo al. This is con i med by analysis o co-
a iance (Table 2). A e age pollen ube numbe de-
pends no only on he numbe o pollen g ains on he
s igma, bu also on he p esence o absence o b ac s.
On a e age, b ac emo al dec eased he numbe o
pollen ubes in he s yle by 23% (Table 2).
Spli -plan expe imen s: pollina o
selec ion o plan hal es
Plan hal es wi h b ac s did be e a ge ing dis an
( om any o he sh ub) pollina o app oaches han
hal es wi hou b ac s (Table 3), since b ac emo al
was associa ed wi h a 41% dec ease in a e age ap-
p oaching a e. Fu he mo e, and because plan iden-
i ies (i.e., ac o "Block") did no explain a signi ican
pa o a ia ion (Table 3), ea men e ec s occu ed
wi h independence o sh ub size and a bo h he dense
and he spa se s udy si es.
Numbe o heads isi ed
Apis melli e a p obed 5.7 ? 0.9 heads (N = 30) on
con ols, s. 5.5 + 0.8 (N = 30) on ea ed hal -sh ubs
wi hou b ac s (T = 0.14, d = 58, P = 0.8). Fo soli a y
bees, means we e, espec i ely, 3.1 ? 0.4 (N = 53)
and 3.7 ? 0.5 (N = 55; T = 0.85, d 106, P = 0.4).
Depa u e decisions we e he e o e independen o he
p esence o b ac s in bo h majo pollina o g oups.
B ac s and pollen dispe sal
O he 4000 pollen g ains p oduced by each La an-
dula lowe (as es ima ed in he bud s age), 57% we e
dispe sed du ing he 1s d o an hesis, whe eas, on a -
e age, 17% emained in he an he s a he end o he
2nd d (Table 4). The e we e no signi ican ea men
e ec s on he amoun o pollen le undispe sed. A
highly signi ican e ec was de ec ed o he "Block"
ac o , howe e , implying ha ce ain sh ubs dispe sed
pollen much mo e e icien ly han o he s. The signi i-
can Block X Time in e ac ion e eals ha indi idual
e iciencies in dispe sing pollen may a y om one
day o he nex .
Seed and seedling cha ac e is ics
The masses o seeds p oduced in hal -sh ubs wi hou
b ac s we e, on a e age, smalle han hose o con ols
in bo h 1993 and 1995 (Table 5). Howe e , he di e -
ences we e minimal (-0.02 mg), and he e we e no
signi ican ea men e ec s o any o he yea s (s a-
is ical powe is 0.95 and 0.83, espec i ely, o 1992
and 1995). Pe cen age seed ge mina ion was also s a-
is ically undis inguishable in ea ed and con ol hal -
plan s (powe equals 0.95).
G eenhouse-g own seedlings (30 d old) om ea ed
hal -sh ubs we e signi ican ly smalle han hose o
con ols in wo ou o i e cases (Fig. 5). The e we e,
howe e , no o e all signi ican ea men (Ms = 300,
d = 1, F = 1.9, P = 0.24) o block (Ms = 323, d =
4, F = 2.1, P = 0.25; e o MS = 155, d = 4) e ec s.
Again, his analysis is p one o Type II e o , wi h
TABLE 4. (A) B ac s and pollen expo in La andula sh ubs
spli in o hal es (b ac s/no b ac s). The a e age numbe s
o pollen g ains emaining in he an he s o 10 lowe s pe
hal -sh ub a he end o he i s and second day o an hesis
we e subjec o a epea ed-measu es analysis (B), wi h spli
sh ubs ep esen ing blocks (see Fig. 2c).
A)
Undispe sed pollen g ains
pe lowe on hal -sh ubs
Day o Wi h b ac s Wi hou b ac s
an hesis (X ? 1 SE) (X + 1 SE)
Fi s 1763 ? 245 1698 ? 231
Second 725 + 75 662 ? 60
B) Repea ed-measu es analysis
Sou ce d MS F P
Be ween subjec s
T ea men 1 73578 0.36 0.55
Block 17 1121702 5.51 <0.001
E o 17 203668
Wi hin subjec s
Time 1 19333151 129.3 <0.001
Time X T ea men 1 14 0.0 0.9
Time X Block 17 797423 5.3 <0.001
E o (Time) 17 149462
Con ol lowe s no exposed o pollina o s e ained 3275
? 254 g ains. N = 18 in all cases.
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TABLE 5. (A) Cha ac e is ics o he seeds and seedlings om La andula hal -sh ubs. In he
ANOVAs (B), "T ea men " e e s o b ac emo al, and blocks a e spli sh ubs.
A)
Side wi h b ac s Side wi hou b ac s
Va iable Yea X ? SE N X+ SE N
Seed mass (mg) 1993 0.75 ? 0.06 7 0.73 + 0.05 7
1995 0.77 ? 0.02 18 0.75 + 0.02 18
Ge mina ion
(seedlings pe po ) 1993 23.5 + 5.6 5 22.8 + 6.9 5
B)
Dependen
a iable Yea Sou ce d MS F P
Seed mass 1993 T ea men 1 0.2 0.7 0.67
Block 6 409.7 53.4 <0.001
E o 6 7.7
1995 T ea men 1 21.1 1.6 0.22
Block 17 209.1 15.8 <0.001
E o 17 13.3
Ge mina ion 1993 T ea men 1 1.1 0.1 0.87
Block 4 360.7 9.3 0.03
E o 4 38.9
s a is ical powe being only 0.72. O e all seedling mass
was 86.2 ? 7.9 mg o con ols, and 75.2 ? 5.8 mg
o ea ed hal -sh ubs.
DISCUSSION
Visi a ion a es
Mean insec isi a ion a e dec eased by 23% in
b ac less sh ubs as compa ed o con ols, so he answe
o he i s ques ion add essed (do La andula b ac s
enhance isi a ion?) mus be yes. This is in ag eemen
wi h p e ious epo s on he ela ionship be ween plan
ad e isemen and pollina o isi a ion (Willson and
P ice 1977, Augspu ge 1980, Thomson 1981, Go i
1983, Wase 1983, Schemske and Ag en 1995). Ne -
e heless, di e ences in his s udy we e no g ea
E~~~~~
U) 100
50-
Cl)
1 2 3 4 5
PLANT IDENTIFICATION NUMBER
FIG. 5. Mean seedling sizes om spli (b ac s/no b ac s)
La andula sh ubs. Open ba s a e con ol, and shaded ba s a e
ea ed hal -sh ubs. Ve ical lines span 2 SE. Means signi i-
can ly di e en a P < 0.05 a e ma ked wi h an as e isk
(S uden 's es ). Plan s 1-5 a e om Aznalcaza .
enough o each s a is ical signi icance, which could be
conside ed jus an unwelcome a e ma h o ex ensi e
among-plan a iance and subsequen low s a is ical
powe o es s o , al e na i ely, migh be e idence ha
he (o he wise ha dly ques ionable) posi i e e ec o
display on pollina o isi a ion need no be s aigh -
o wa d. I can be no iceably obscu ed i , o example,
insec s emembe he loca ions o speci ic sh ubs om
days p e ious o he expe imen and hei beha io be-
comes hus in pa independen o display (Janzen
1971, Hein ich 1976, Eickwo and Ginsbe g 1980,
Thomson 1988). Addi ionally, and simply because o
nea es -neighbo o aging (Le in and Ke s e 1969,
Wadding on 1983), con ol sh ubs wi h b ac s p obably
"passed" isi o s o i s b ac less coun e pa s, which
may also ha e esul ed in o a enua ed di e ences. The
o e whelming e ec o b ac s on pollina o choice
demons a ed in spli -sh ub expe imen s, on he o he
hand, sugges s ha hese o gans may be ex emely use-
ul o sh ubs ha need o be app oached om a dis ance
(e.g., du ing ea ly popula ion es ablishmen s ages).
Pollina ion in ensi y and pollen- ube numbe s
B ac s a e no c i ical o he numbe o pollen g ains
adhe ed o he s igma, bu hey a e o he numbe o
ubes in he s yle. The e a e no many epo s on he
size o mic ogame ophy e popula ions wi hin pis ils o
na u ally pollina ed lowe s, bu conside able in e plan
a ia ion has been shown on occasions (Le in 1990,
Niesenbaum 1994). In La andula, a iance in mean
s igma ic loads was compa able o ha o pollina o
isi a ion a es (c = 50 and 63%, espec i ely),
whe eas ube numbe pe s yle was mo e cons an (c
= 27%). The p oxima e cause o his ela i e lack o
a ia ion is p obably ha he iny ansmi ing issues
(0.2-0.3 mm in diame e ) inside s yles we e unable o
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accommoda e as numbe s o ubes, and s yles con-
ained as many ubes as hey could hold. Judging om
mic oscopic obse a ions, he e was i ually no ee
space in s yles con aining 20-24 ubes, which p obably
ep esen s an uppe limi o his species.
A p esen I can only specula e on why s yles om
b ac less sh ubs ha e ewe ubes han con ols in spi e
o equi alen s igma ic pollen loads. A possible expla-
na ion is ha b ac emo al dis up ed a hypo he ically
op imal c ossing dis ance (Wase and P ice 1983, 1991,
Dudash 1990). Pa ial suppo o his idea comes om
pollina o -choice expe imen s, in which con ol hal -
sh ubs ecei ed dis an pollina o app oaches mo e o -
en han hei b ac less coun e pa s. I dis an pollen
a i es less equen ly o b ac less sh ubs and he
g ow h o ubes om spa ially close neighbo s is some-
how discou aged, he e would, on a e age, be ewe
ubes in b ac less sh ubs. E en a weak ejec ion o
close-neighbo ubes migh educe mean ube numbe
in his way, bu he exis ence o such a mechanism
emains o be demons a ed.
Male unc ion
Pollen p oduced pe lowe is in La andula ela i ely
scan (4000 g ains, 83% o which was dispe sed a he
end o he 2nd d o an hesis). Fu he mo e, pollina o s
p obed he same numbe o heads on con ol and b ac -
less hal -sh ubs, and his made changes in pe - lowe
isi a ion a es unlikely (a p econdi ion o inc eased
pollen expo ; S an on e al. 1986, C uzan e al. 1988,
Young and S an on 1990). Acco dingly, he a e age
a e o pollen expo was unal e ed by b ac emo al
and he hypo hesized e ec o inc eased display on he
success as a male mus be ejec ed (ques ion 3). Ob-
iously, o e dis ances as sho as plan diame e (0.3-
0.6 m) co ollas p o ide enough ad e isemen , and
heads a e no missed by pollina o s e en i hey lack
b ac s.
Fecundi y and p ogeny quali y
B ac emo al had no signi ican e ec s on he e-
cundi y o indi idual La andula sh ubs. Li le o no
change in seed p oduc ion ollowing expe imen al ma-
nipula ions o ad e isemen in ensi y a e no uncom-
mon (Wase 1979, Ande sson 1991, Mendez and Obeso
1992) and, a leas in La andula, his p obably s ems
om ui p oduc ion being mo e esou ce han pollen
limi ed. Fo example, he abo ion a e o la e-opening
lowe s can be educed by emo ing de eloping o a ies
on he same head (Muiioz and De esa 1987), and a -
i icially e ilized sh ubs inc ease hei ecundi ies el-
a i e o un e ilized con ols (J. He e a, unpublished
da a). Howe e , his is no o say ha b ac s a e gen-
e ally useless in his espec , only ha sh ubs in he
s udied popula ions we e o some ex en o e ad e -
ised.
Wi hin-sh ub di e ences among b ac less and con-
ol hal -plan s ega ding he igo o he p ogeny we e
signi ican (and in he expec ed di ec ion i b ac s in-
c eased seed quali y; ques ion 5) only in wo ou o
i e cases. O e all, he e ec on p ogeny quali y was
nonsigni ican , bu hese kinds o epe cussions can be
ha d o demons a e in La andula because o ex ensi e
a ia ion be ween sh ubs and ensuing high a e o Type
II e o . Sowing he seeds in he ield ins ead o he
g eenhouse may ampli y di e ences (e.g., Dudash
1990, Mon al o 1994), bu i is ob ious ha a gene ic
app oach would help o ge a be e knowledge o his
issue.
The e o e, he las ques ion add essed a he begin-
ning o his s udy (i.e., do b ac s con ibu e o inc eased
p ogeny igo ?) canno be unambiguously answe ed
wi h he a ailable da a. Since he e we e ewe pollen
ubes wi hin s yles o b ac less sh ubs, howe e , and
because ube numbe has a numbe o implica ions on
p ogeny de elopmen (e.g., h ough mic ogame ophy e
compe i ion, Hill and Lo d 1986, Snow 1986, Mulcahy
e al. 1983; and/o h ough emale choice a ei he p e-
o pos zygo ic s ages, S ephenson and Be in 1983,
Ma shall and Folsom 1991, Snow 1994, o example),
he e is ci cums an ial e idence ha inc eased ad e -
isemen p o ided by b ac s can make a con ibu ion
o i ness e en in ma u e, ela i ely dense popula ions
wi h mo e han adequa e pollina o se ice.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This s udy bene i ed om con e sa ions wi h many people
abou he ole o b ac s in La andula. Thanks a e pa icula ly
due o An onio Rod iguez-Sie a o his en husias ic help
du ing ield wo k, and o Ramona O ega o d awing Fig. 1.
The au ho g ea ly acknowledges C. M. He e a, P. G. L.
Klinkhame , N. M. Wase , and an anonymous e iewe o
cons uc i e commen s on a p e ious e sion o he manu-
sc ip . The Es aci6n Biol6gica de Do iana p o ided pe mis-
sion o wo k in he Rese e, and he Spanish Jun a de An-
daluc a ga e inancial suppo h ough g an 4086 o he P o-
g ama de Ayuda a los G upos de In es igaci6n.
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