| Winter cropping in Ficus tinctoria: an alternative strategy | |
Chen, Huanhuan; Peng, Yanqiong ; Zhang, Yuan; Corlett, Richard T.
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| 2015 | |
| Source Publication | SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
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| ISSN | 2045-2322 |
| Volume | 5Issue:xPages:- |
| Abstract | The many species of figs (Ficus, Moraceae) have evolved a variety of reproductive phenologies that ensure the survival of both the fig plants and their short-lived, species-specific, pollinating wasps. A phenological study of 28 male and 23 female plants of a dioecious hemiepiphytic fig, Ficus tinctoria, was conducted in Xishuangbanna, SW China at the northern margin of tropical SE Asia. In contrast to other figs of seasonal climates, which have a winter low in fig production, both sexes produced their major fig crops at the coldest time of the year. Male plants released pollinators during the period when most female trees were receptive and male syconia had a long wasp-producing (D) phase, which ensured high levels of pollination. Female crops ripened at the end of the dry season, when they attracted numerous frugivorous birds and dispersed seeds can germinate with the first reliable rains. Few syconia were produced by either sex during the rest of the year, but these were sufficient to maintain local pollinator populations. We suggest that this unique phenological strategy has evolved to maximize seed dispersal and establishment in this seasonal climate. |
| Keyword | Fig Tree Dioecious Figs Phenology Mutualism China Xishuangbanna Taiwan Wasps Plasticity Pollinator |
| Language | 英语 |
| Document Type | 期刊论文 |
| Identifier | https://ir.xtbg.ac.cn/handle/353005/9533 |
| Collection | 2012年后新成立研究组 协同进化组 |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Chen, Huanhuan,Peng, Yanqiong,Zhang, Yuan,et al. Winter cropping in Ficus tinctoria: an alternative strategy[J]. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS,2015,5(x):-. |
| APA | Chen, Huanhuan,Peng, Yanqiong,Zhang, Yuan,&Corlett, Richard T..(2015).Winter cropping in Ficus tinctoria: an alternative strategy.SCIENTIFIC REPORTS,5(x),-. |
| MLA | Chen, Huanhuan,et al."Winter cropping in Ficus tinctoria: an alternative strategy".SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 5.x(2015):-. |
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