Ecological Archives E084-068-A2

Marcelo A. Aizen. 2003. Influences of animal pollination and seed dispersal on winter flowering in a temperate mistletoe. Ecology 84:2613–2627.

Appendix B. Means ± 1 SE of (A) number of pollen tubes and fruit set (no. fruits/ no. flowers) of open- and hand-pollinated flowers, and (B) fruit retention time of exposed vs. bagged fruits.

 

Llao-Llao

Península

A) Pollination

Open

Hand

Open

Hand

No. pollen tubes

       

   1997

26.9 ± 1.19

33.1 ± 1.37

28.1 ± 1.83

33.5 ± 1.95

   1998

31.2 ± 1.17

39.2 ± 1.30

31.2 ± 1.10

37.6 ± 1.25

Fruit set

       

   1997

0.40 ± 0.024

0.59 ± 0.025

0.46 ± 0.030

0.56 ± 0.034

   1998

0.52 ± 0.019

0.62 ± 0.020

0.50 ± 0.021

0.61 ± 0.022

         

 

Llao-Llao

Península

B) Fruit bagging

Exposed

Bagged

Exposed

Bagged

Fruit retention time (wk)

       

   1997

1.5 ± 0.33

6.7 ± 0.32

3.4 ± 0.28

6.9 ± 0.45

   1998

4.4 ± 0.21

8.5 ± 0.28

3.8 ± 0.34

8.9 ± 0.43



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