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First record of non‐flying mammalian contributors to pollination in a tropical montane forest in Asia
This study aims to identify the flower visitors of Mucuna thailandica (Fabaceae), endemic plant species in montane forests in Thailand, to determine their potential pollinators. The genus Mucuna produces papilionaceous flowers and has an explosive flower‐opening step. Explosive opening rapidly expos...
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2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8717269/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35003626 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8361 |
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author | Kobayashi, Shun Panha, Somsak Seesamut, Teerapong Nantarat, Nattawadee Likhitrakarn, Natdanai Denda, Tetsuo Izawa, Masako |
author_facet | Kobayashi, Shun Panha, Somsak Seesamut, Teerapong Nantarat, Nattawadee Likhitrakarn, Natdanai Denda, Tetsuo Izawa, Masako |
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description | This study aims to identify the flower visitors of Mucuna thailandica (Fabaceae), endemic plant species in montane forests in Thailand, to determine their potential pollinators. The genus Mucuna produces papilionaceous flowers and has an explosive flower‐opening step. Explosive opening rapidly exposes stamens and pistil from keel petals and releases pollen. The flower of this species depends completely on animals to perform this step, essential for pollination success. Using a camera trap survey, we revealed that non‐flying mammals, such as squirrels (Callosciurus sp.) and masked palm civets (Paguma larvata), opened flowers explosively. Thus, these mammals contribute to the pollination of M. thailandica. This is the first report of non‐flying mammals contributing to pollination in montane forests in tropical Asia. |
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spelling | pubmed-87172692022-01-06 First record of non‐flying mammalian contributors to pollination in a tropical montane forest in Asia Kobayashi, Shun Panha, Somsak Seesamut, Teerapong Nantarat, Nattawadee Likhitrakarn, Natdanai Denda, Tetsuo Izawa, Masako Ecol Evol Nature Notes This study aims to identify the flower visitors of Mucuna thailandica (Fabaceae), endemic plant species in montane forests in Thailand, to determine their potential pollinators. The genus Mucuna produces papilionaceous flowers and has an explosive flower‐opening step. Explosive opening rapidly exposes stamens and pistil from keel petals and releases pollen. The flower of this species depends completely on animals to perform this step, essential for pollination success. Using a camera trap survey, we revealed that non‐flying mammals, such as squirrels (Callosciurus sp.) and masked palm civets (Paguma larvata), opened flowers explosively. Thus, these mammals contribute to the pollination of M. thailandica. This is the first report of non‐flying mammals contributing to pollination in montane forests in tropical Asia. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021-12-03 /pmc/articles/PMC8717269/ /pubmed/35003626 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8361 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Ecology and Evolution published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Nature Notes Kobayashi, Shun Panha, Somsak Seesamut, Teerapong Nantarat, Nattawadee Likhitrakarn, Natdanai Denda, Tetsuo Izawa, Masako First record of non‐flying mammalian contributors to pollination in a tropical montane forest in Asia |
title | First record of non‐flying mammalian contributors to pollination in a tropical montane forest in Asia |
title_full | First record of non‐flying mammalian contributors to pollination in a tropical montane forest in Asia |
title_fullStr | First record of non‐flying mammalian contributors to pollination in a tropical montane forest in Asia |
title_full_unstemmed | First record of non‐flying mammalian contributors to pollination in a tropical montane forest in Asia |
title_short | First record of non‐flying mammalian contributors to pollination in a tropical montane forest in Asia |
title_sort | first record of non‐flying mammalian contributors to pollination in a tropical montane forest in asia |
topic | Nature Notes |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8717269/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35003626 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8361 |
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