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A case of behavioural diversification in male floral function – the evolution of thigmonastic pollen presentation

Overview of attention for article published in Scientific Reports, September 2018
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Title
A case of behavioural diversification in male floral function – the evolution of thigmonastic pollen presentation
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Scientific Reports, September 2018
DOI 10.1038/s41598-018-32384-4
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Tilo Henning, Moritz Mittelbach, Sascha A. Ismail, Rafael H. Acuña-Castillo, Maximilian Weigend

Abstract

Obvious movements of plant organs have fascinated scientists for a long time. They have been studied extensively, but few behavioural studies to date have dealt with them, and hardly anything is known about their evolution. Here, we present a large experimental dataset on the stamen movement patterns found in the Loasaceae subfam. Loasoideae (Cornales). An evolutionary transition from autonomous-only to a combination of autonomous and thigmonastic stamen movement with increased complexity was experimentally demonstrated. We compare the stamen movement patterns with extensive pollinator observations and discuss it in the context of male mating behavior. Thigmonastic pollen presentation via stamen movements appears to be a crucial component of floral adaptation to pollinator behaviour, evolving in concert with complex adjustments of flower signal, reward and morphology. We hypothesize that rapid adjustments of pollen presentation timing may play a significant role in the diversification of this plant group, representing a striking example for the evolutionary significance of plant behaviour.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 32 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 6 19%
Student > Ph. D. Student 4 13%
Other 3 9%
Researcher 3 9%
Student > Postgraduate 3 9%
Other 7 22%
Unknown 6 19%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 12 38%
Environmental Science 5 16%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 6%
Arts and Humanities 1 3%
Computer Science 1 3%
Other 2 6%
Unknown 9 28%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 21 April 2019.
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#13,048,526
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#56,465
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#161,462
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#1,657
of 3,603 outputs
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