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Effects of arthropod inquilines on growth and reproductive effort among metacommunities of the purple pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea var. montana)
Many plant species harbor communities of symbionts that release nutrients used by their host plants. However, the importance of these nutrients to plant growth and reproductive effort is not well understood. Here, we evaluate the relationship between the communities that colonize pitcher plant phyto...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7209241/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32384101 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0232835 |
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author | Hale, Rebecca E. Powell, Elise Beikmohamadi, Leila Alexander, Mara L. |
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description | Many plant species harbor communities of symbionts that release nutrients used by their host plants. However, the importance of these nutrients to plant growth and reproductive effort is not well understood. Here, we evaluate the relationship between the communities that colonize pitcher plant phytotelmata and the pitcher plants’ vegetative growth and flower production to better understand the symbiotic role played by phytotelma communities. We focus on the mountain variety purple pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea var. montana), which occurs in small and isolated populations in Western North Carolina. We found that greater symbiont community diversity is associated with higher flower production the following season. We then examined geographic variation in communities and found that smaller plant populations supported less diverse symbiont communities. We relate our observations to patterns of community diversity predicted by community ecology theory. |
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spelling | pubmed-72092412020-05-12 Effects of arthropod inquilines on growth and reproductive effort among metacommunities of the purple pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea var. montana) Hale, Rebecca E. Powell, Elise Beikmohamadi, Leila Alexander, Mara L. PLoS One Research Article Many plant species harbor communities of symbionts that release nutrients used by their host plants. However, the importance of these nutrients to plant growth and reproductive effort is not well understood. Here, we evaluate the relationship between the communities that colonize pitcher plant phytotelmata and the pitcher plants’ vegetative growth and flower production to better understand the symbiotic role played by phytotelma communities. We focus on the mountain variety purple pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea var. montana), which occurs in small and isolated populations in Western North Carolina. We found that greater symbiont community diversity is associated with higher flower production the following season. We then examined geographic variation in communities and found that smaller plant populations supported less diverse symbiont communities. We relate our observations to patterns of community diversity predicted by community ecology theory. Public Library of Science 2020-05-08 /pmc/articles/PMC7209241/ /pubmed/32384101 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0232835 Text en https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ This is an open access article, free of all copyright, and may be freely reproduced, distributed, transmitted, modified, built upon, or otherwise used by anyone for any lawful purpose. The work is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) public domain dedication. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Hale, Rebecca E. Powell, Elise Beikmohamadi, Leila Alexander, Mara L. Effects of arthropod inquilines on growth and reproductive effort among metacommunities of the purple pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea var. montana) |
title | Effects of arthropod inquilines on growth and reproductive effort among metacommunities of the purple pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea var. montana) |
title_full | Effects of arthropod inquilines on growth and reproductive effort among metacommunities of the purple pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea var. montana) |
title_fullStr | Effects of arthropod inquilines on growth and reproductive effort among metacommunities of the purple pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea var. montana) |
title_full_unstemmed | Effects of arthropod inquilines on growth and reproductive effort among metacommunities of the purple pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea var. montana) |
title_short | Effects of arthropod inquilines on growth and reproductive effort among metacommunities of the purple pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea var. montana) |
title_sort | effects of arthropod inquilines on growth and reproductive effort among metacommunities of the purple pitcher plant (sarracenia purpurea var. montana) |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7209241/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32384101 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0232835 |
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