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Frida Rosengren

Frida Rosengren

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Frida Rosengren

The adaptive background of nannandry: dwarf male distribution and fertilization in the moss Homalothecium lutescens

Författare

  • Frida Rosengren
  • Nils Cronberg

Summary, in English

Dwarf males (nannandry) occur in many unrelated, mostly aquatic, groups of organisms. Among land plants they are unique to bryophytes. In this study our aim was to explain variation in frequency of dwarf males and fertilization within populations in the moss Homalothecium lutescens. We compared parameters related to dwarf male presence and sporophyte production in 90 colonies from three localities. Dwarf male density was positively associated with colony moisture at two of the localities, suggesting increased spore germination and dwarf male survival with moist conditions. At one of these localities, dwarf male density was also positively associated with the presence of perichaetia (female sexual branches). Dwarf male density and fertilization frequency were positively associated in two of the localities. Furthermore, in one population, fertilization was also positively associated with canopy cover, which could be attributed to improved nutrient status as a result of throughfall, increased sperm-dispersal efficiency because of larger water drops, or more favourable moisture conditions as a result of shading. Nannandry thus appears to strongly reduce the problem of short fertilization distances in bryophytes, but the presence of water is still critical because the dwarf males are dependent on a certain level of humidity for recruitment and/or development. (C) 2014 The Linnean Society of London,

Avdelning/ar

  • Biodiversitet
  • BECC: Biodiversity and Ecosystem services in a Changing Climate

Publiceringsår

2014

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

74-84

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volym

113

Issue

1

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Oxford University Press

Ämne

  • Ecology

Nyckelord

  • bryophytes
  • fertilization
  • phyllodioicy
  • sexual reproduction
  • sporophytes

Status

Published

Projekt

  • Genetic variation and sexual reproduction in a moss with dwarf males, Homalothecium lutescens
  • Fertilization syndromes in bryophytes

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 0024-4066