Pollinator shifts and floral Evolution in the Merianieae (Melastomataceae)

tangarbestäubte Axinaea affinis

tangarbestäubte Axinaea affinis

Bienenbestäubte Meriania hernandoi

Bienenbestäubte Meriania hernandoi

The tremendous diversity of angiosperm flowers has most likely evolved primarily in connection with their manifold pollinators. A particularly interesting topic located at the interface of pollination ecology and floral evolution is the occurrence of so-called pollinator shifts, i.e., the shift from one functional group of pollinators to another (e.g., from bees to birds). This project focuses on a group of Central- and South American plants (the tribe Merianieae) belonging to the melastome family (Melastomataceae). The Merianieae include bee-, bat-, hummingbird- as well as passerine pollinated species. Using high resolution x-ray computed tomography combined with geometric morphometrics, we aim at analyzing in detail the differences in floral traits associated with different functional groups of pollinators. In addition, using a population genetic approach, we will assess gene flow and pollination efficiency in the different pollination systems.

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2022


Michelangeli FA, Dellinger A, Goldenberg R, Almeda F, Mendoza-Cifuentes H, Fernández-Fernández DM et al. Phylogenetics and taxonomy of the Tribe Merianieae. in Goldenberg R, Michelangeli FA, Almeda F, Hrsg., Systematics, Evolution and Ecology of Melastomataceae. Springer International Publishing Switzerland. 2022. S. 255-273 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99742-7_11

Dellinger AS, Kopper C, Kagerl K, Schönenberger J. Pollination in Melastomataceae: A Family-Wide Update on the Little We Know and the Much That Remains to Be Discovered. in Goldenberg R, Michelangeli FA, Almeda F, Hrsg., Systematics, Evolution, and Ecology of Melastomataceae. Cham: Springer International Publishing Switzerland. 2022. S. 585-607 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99742-7_26

2021


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2019


Dellinger A, Artuso S, Fernandez-Fernandez DM, Penneys D, Schönenberger J. Foraging preferences of bees and birds – assessing the adaptive value of heteranthery in flowers of Merianieae (Melastomataceae). 2019. The 2019 Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology, Finnland.

Dellinger A, Artuso S, Pamperl S, Michelangeli FA, Penneys D, Fernandez-Fernandez DM et al. Is modularity the key to adaptive success? Testing alternative hypotheses on modularity in flowers of Merianieae (Melastomataceae). in Abstract Book GM Austria 2019. 2019. S. 13

2018


Dellinger A, Artuso S, Fernández-Fernández D, Penneys DS, Michelangeli FA, Alvear M et al. Floral trait convergence and functional differentiation concomitant with pollinator shifts in Merianieae (Melastomataceae). 2018. II Joint Congress on Evolutionary Biology, Montpellier, Frankreich.

Dellinger A, Scheer LM, Fernandez-Fernandez DM, Penneys DS, Tenhaken R, Dötterl S et al. Beyond pollination syndromes: disentangling complex vertebrate pollination systems in the genus Meriania (Melastomataceae). in XI International Symposium on Pollination: Abstracts. 2018

Dellinger A, Scheer LM, Artuso S, Fernandez-Fernandez DM, Penneys DS, Sornoza F et al. Beyond pollination syndromes: disentangling complex vertebrate pollination systems in the genus Meriania (Melastomataceae). in PopBio 2018: 31st Conference of the Plant Population Biology Section of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland (GfÖ): Abstracts. 2018

Dellinger A, Fernandez-Fernandez DM, Artuso S, Penneys DS, Michelangeli FA, Alvear M et al. Cambios de polinizadores resultan en la reconstrucción de la flor. in XII Latin American Botanical Congress (LABC): Abstracts. 2018

Dellinger A, Paun O, Fernandez-Fernandez DM, Penneys DS, Schönenberger J. Impact of pollinator shifts on mating systems and population genetic diversity in a Neotropical plant group. in European Conference of Tropical Ecology, Annual Meeting of the society for Tropical Ecology (GTÖ): Challenges in Tropical Ecology and Conservation - Global Perspectives. 2018. S15-002

Dellinger A, Paun O, Fernandez-Fernandez DM, Penneys DS, Schönenberger J. Population genetics as a tool for measuring connectivity in tropical plants – a case study from South American mountains. 2018. 34. Jahrestagung Lateinamerikaforschung Austria, Strobl am Wolfgangsee, Österreich.

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