Pollinators and herbivores interactively shape selection on strawberry defence and attraction

Abstract Tripartite interactions between plants, herbivores, and pollinators hold fitness consequences for most angiosperms. However, little is known on how plants evolve in response—and in particular what the net selective outcomes are for traits of shared relevance to pollinators and herbivores. I...

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Autores principales: Paul A. Egan, Anne Muola, Amy L. Parachnowitsch, Johan A. Stenberg
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:3044deece3b245c493d935258af01f752021-12-05T14:03:53ZPollinators and herbivores interactively shape selection on strawberry defence and attraction2056-374410.1002/evl3.262https://doaj.org/article/3044deece3b245c493d935258af01f752021-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1002/evl3.262https://doaj.org/toc/2056-3744Abstract Tripartite interactions between plants, herbivores, and pollinators hold fitness consequences for most angiosperms. However, little is known on how plants evolve in response—and in particular what the net selective outcomes are for traits of shared relevance to pollinators and herbivores. In this study, we manipulated herbivory (“presence” and “absence” treatments) and pollination (“open” and “hand pollination” treatments) in a full factorial common‐garden experiment with woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca L.). This design allowed us to quantify the relative importance and interactive effects of herbivore‐ and pollinator‐mediated selection on nine traits related to plant defence and attraction. Our results showed that pollinators imposed stronger selection than herbivores on traits related to both direct and indirect (i.e., tritrophic) defence. However, conflicting selection was imposed on inflorescence density: a trait that appears to be shared by herbivores and pollinators as a host plant signal. However, in all cases, selection imposed by one agent depended largely on the presence or ecological effect of the other, suggesting that dynamic patterns of selection could be a common outcome of these interactions in natural populations. As a whole, our findings highlight the significance of plant‐herbivore‐pollinator interactions as potential drivers of evolutionary change, and reveal that pollinators likely play an underappreciated role as selective agents on direct and in direct plant defence.Paul A. EganAnne MuolaAmy L. ParachnowitschJohan A. StenbergWileyarticleConflicting selectiondiffuse selectioneco‐evolutionary dynamicsFragaria vescamultispecies interactionsplant‐herbivore‐pollinatorEvolutionQH359-425ENEvolution Letters, Vol 5, Iss 6, Pp 636-643 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic Conflicting selection
diffuse selection
eco‐evolutionary dynamics
Fragaria vesca
multispecies interactions
plant‐herbivore‐pollinator
Evolution
QH359-425
spellingShingle Conflicting selection
diffuse selection
eco‐evolutionary dynamics
Fragaria vesca
multispecies interactions
plant‐herbivore‐pollinator
Evolution
QH359-425
Paul A. Egan
Anne Muola
Amy L. Parachnowitsch
Johan A. Stenberg
Pollinators and herbivores interactively shape selection on strawberry defence and attraction
description Abstract Tripartite interactions between plants, herbivores, and pollinators hold fitness consequences for most angiosperms. However, little is known on how plants evolve in response—and in particular what the net selective outcomes are for traits of shared relevance to pollinators and herbivores. In this study, we manipulated herbivory (“presence” and “absence” treatments) and pollination (“open” and “hand pollination” treatments) in a full factorial common‐garden experiment with woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca L.). This design allowed us to quantify the relative importance and interactive effects of herbivore‐ and pollinator‐mediated selection on nine traits related to plant defence and attraction. Our results showed that pollinators imposed stronger selection than herbivores on traits related to both direct and indirect (i.e., tritrophic) defence. However, conflicting selection was imposed on inflorescence density: a trait that appears to be shared by herbivores and pollinators as a host plant signal. However, in all cases, selection imposed by one agent depended largely on the presence or ecological effect of the other, suggesting that dynamic patterns of selection could be a common outcome of these interactions in natural populations. As a whole, our findings highlight the significance of plant‐herbivore‐pollinator interactions as potential drivers of evolutionary change, and reveal that pollinators likely play an underappreciated role as selective agents on direct and in direct plant defence.
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author Paul A. Egan
Anne Muola
Amy L. Parachnowitsch
Johan A. Stenberg
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Amy L. Parachnowitsch
Johan A. Stenberg
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title Pollinators and herbivores interactively shape selection on strawberry defence and attraction
title_short Pollinators and herbivores interactively shape selection on strawberry defence and attraction
title_full Pollinators and herbivores interactively shape selection on strawberry defence and attraction
title_fullStr Pollinators and herbivores interactively shape selection on strawberry defence and attraction
title_full_unstemmed Pollinators and herbivores interactively shape selection on strawberry defence and attraction
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