Assessing the Role of Lizards as Potential Pollinators of an Insular Plant Community and Its Intraspecific Variation
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Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Site and Species
2.2. Plant–Lizard Interactions
2.3. Representation of Species Interactions and Statistical Analyses
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Plant Species | Interaction Type | Known on Cabrera Gran | Known Anywhere |
---|---|---|---|
Apiaceae | Unknown (pollen samples) | No | No |
Asparagus horridus | Legitimate visit | No | No |
Asphodelus fistulosus | Florivory | No | No |
Astragalus balearicus | Florivory | No | No |
Calendula arvensis | Legitimate visit | No | Aire, Rei, Sanitja [47] |
Cakile maritima | Florivory | No | No |
Centrathus calcitrapae | Legitimate visit | No | Na Redona [Islet food-web team; pers. observ.] |
Cistus heterophyllus | Legitimate visit | No | No |
Cistus monspeliensis | Legitimate visit | No | No |
Daucus carota | Legitimate visit | No | No |
Echium parviflorum | Legitimate visit | No | No |
Erodium malacoides | Florivory | No | No |
Ephedra fragilis | Legitimate visit | Yes [34] | Na Redona, Dragonera [Islet food-web team; pers. observ.]; [34] |
Euphorbia dendroides | Legitimate visit | Yes [5] | Na Redona [Islet food-web team; pers. observ.] |
Euphorbia segetalis | Legitimate visit | No | No |
Fumana ericoides | Legitimate visit | Yes [41] | No |
Geranium molle | Legitimate visit | No | Na Redona [Islet food-web team; pers. observ.] |
Helichrysum stoechas | Florivory | No | Estell de dos Colls [41] |
Lavatera arborea | Legitimate visit | No | Xes Rates, Xapat Gros [41] |
Lavatera cretica | Florivory | No | No |
Linum sp. | Florivory | No | No |
Lobularia maritima | Legitimate visit | No | No |
Lomelosia cretica | Legitimate visit | No | No |
Lysimachia arvensis | Legitimate visit | No | No |
Medicago arborea | Legitimate visit | No | Estell de dos Colls, Na Redona [41]; [Islet food-web team; pers. observ.] |
Medicago littoralis | Florivory | No | Aire, Rei, Sanitja [47] |
Melilotus sp. | Florivory | No | No |
Narcissus tazetta | Legitimate visit | No | Rei [47] |
Papaver somniferum | Florivory | No | No |
Paronychia capitata | Legitimate visit | No | No |
Plumbago sp. | Legitimate visit | No | No |
Rubia peregrina | Legitimate visit | No | No |
Ruta graveolens | Legitimate visit | No | No |
Rhamnus ludovici-salvatoris | Legitimate visit | No | No |
Salvia rosmarinus | Legitimate visit | No | Menorca [45] |
Scorpiurus sulcatus | Florivory | No | No |
Silene vulgaris | Legitimate visit | No | No |
Sinapis arvensis | Florivory | No | No |
Sonchus tenerrimus | Florivory | No | No |
Teucrium capitatum | Legitimate visit | No | No |
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Romero-Egea, V.; Robles, C.; Traveset, A.; Del Rio, L.; Hervías-Parejo, S. Assessing the Role of Lizards as Potential Pollinators of an Insular Plant Community and Its Intraspecific Variation. Animals 2023, 13, 1122. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13061122
Romero-Egea V, Robles C, Traveset A, Del Rio L, Hervías-Parejo S. Assessing the Role of Lizards as Potential Pollinators of an Insular Plant Community and Its Intraspecific Variation. Animals. 2023; 13(6):1122. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13061122
Chicago/Turabian StyleRomero-Egea, Víctor, Cristina Robles, Anna Traveset, Laura Del Rio, and Sandra Hervías-Parejo. 2023. "Assessing the Role of Lizards as Potential Pollinators of an Insular Plant Community and Its Intraspecific Variation" Animals 13, no. 6: 1122. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13061122