OBSERVATIONS OF ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS IN VINE MAPLE
| Autor: | Carolyn M Coyle, Dustin G. Gannon |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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0106 biological sciences
Maple Acer circinatum Vine Pollination biology Acer macrophyllum engineering.material biology.organism_classification 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences 010605 ornithology Warbler Inflorescence Pollinator Botany engineering General Earth and Planetary Sciences General Environmental Science |
| Zdroj: | Northwestern Naturalist. 102 |
| ISSN: | 1051-1733 |
| DOI: | 10.1898/1051-1733-102.1.94 |
| Popis: | We conducted a pilot study assessing the role that Orange-crowned Warblers (Oreothlypis celata) may play in the pollination of Vine Maple (Acer circinatum). We observed an Orange-crowned Warbler probing its head into different inflorescences between 2 focal trees. We also incidentally observed O. celata individuals foraging in Big-leaf Maple (Acer macrophyllum) inflorescences and a Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla) feeding in the flowers of a Vine Maple. Our observations and results from the pilot experiment excluding large-bodied pollinators from flowers lead us to suggest that warblers may forage at Vine Maple flowers in a manner that could contribute to pollination; however, further study to confirm that warblers transfer pollen from anthers to conspecific stigmas is warranted. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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