Pollination biology of four co-occurring Erica species from the Cape Peninsula, South Africa
| dc.contributor.author | Ingram, Steven | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ingram, Steven | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-02-14T08:24:12Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-02-14T08:24:12Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2017-02-01T13:05:11Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | Although pollinators have been suggested to drive speciation in the Cape flora, this has not been tested for the largest, florally diverse Cape genus Erica. Speciation studies that focus on pollination biology often use floral syndrome characters to predict a species' functional pollinator group/s. The predictive power of these techniques has come under scrutiny, and hence in-situ observations have become highly important for confirming existing pollination syndromes. Here I performed pollinator observations and recorded various floral traits of four co-flowering, co-residing Erica species in the Kalk Bay mountains, South Africa. The predictive pollination syndromes were confirmed through direct observations in the field. E. ericoides and E. globella subsp. globella were confirmed as insect pollinated plants, and E. plukenetii subsp. plukenetii and E. abietina subsp. atrorosea were confirmed as bird pollinated plants. Interesting correlations between floral traits and visitation rates are also suggested. | |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Ingram, S., & Ingram, S. (2011). <i>Pollination biology of four co-occurring Erica species from the Cape Peninsula, South Africa</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Biological Sciences. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/23944 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Ingram, Steven, and Steven Ingram. <i>"Pollination biology of four co-occurring Erica species from the Cape Peninsula, South Africa."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Biological Sciences, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/23944 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Ingram, S., Ingram, S. 2011. Pollination biology of four co-occurring Erica species from the Cape Peninsula, South Africa. University of Cape Town. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Ingram, Steven AU - Ingram, Steven AB - Although pollinators have been suggested to drive speciation in the Cape flora, this has not been tested for the largest, florally diverse Cape genus Erica. Speciation studies that focus on pollination biology often use floral syndrome characters to predict a species' functional pollinator group/s. The predictive power of these techniques has come under scrutiny, and hence in-situ observations have become highly important for confirming existing pollination syndromes. Here I performed pollinator observations and recorded various floral traits of four co-flowering, co-residing Erica species in the Kalk Bay mountains, South Africa. The predictive pollination syndromes were confirmed through direct observations in the field. E. ericoides and E. globella subsp. globella were confirmed as insect pollinated plants, and E. plukenetii subsp. plukenetii and E. abietina subsp. atrorosea were confirmed as bird pollinated plants. Interesting correlations between floral traits and visitation rates are also suggested. DA - 2011 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2011 T1 - Pollination biology of four co-occurring Erica species from the Cape Peninsula, South Africa TI - Pollination biology of four co-occurring Erica species from the Cape Peninsula, South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/23944 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/23944 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Ingram S, Ingram S. Pollination biology of four co-occurring Erica species from the Cape Peninsula, South Africa. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Biological Sciences, 2011 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/23944 | en_ZA |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher.department | Department of Biological Sciences | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Science | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.subject.other | Botany | |
| dc.subject.other | Botany | |
| dc.title | Pollination biology of four co-occurring Erica species from the Cape Peninsula, South Africa | |
| dc.title | Pollination biology of four co-occurring Erica species from the Cape Peninsula, South Africa | |
| dc.type | Bachelor Thesis | |
| dc.type.qualificationlevel | Honours | |
| dc.type.qualificationname | BSc (Hons) | |
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| uct.type.filetype | Text | |
| uct.type.filetype | Image | |
| uct.type.publication | Research | |
| uct.type.resource | Thesis |