Table 1 Traits of the ornithophilic plants evaluated
From: The flowerpiercers interactions with a community of high Andean plants
Ornithophilic plants | Effective corolla length (mm) | Nectar volume (µL) | Sugar concentration (%) | Corolla diameter (mm) | Relative abundance (%) | Nectar robbing frequency (%) | Pollen load (number of grains) | Pollen frequency (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Axinaea scutigera | 12.5 (± 1.5) | ‒ | ‒ | 13.4 (± 0.9) | ‒ | 0 | 13344 | 56.1 |
Bomarea sp. | 24.2 (± 0.7) | 5.1 (± 3.9) | 17.01 (± 3.3) | 10.57 (± 2.6) | 0.99 | 0 | 39 | 19.51 |
Cavendishia bracteata | 17.68 (± 1.4) | 5.42 (± 4.3) | 18.79 (± 2.0) | 2.81 (± 0.3) | 2.72 | 35.47 | 640 | 15.45 |
Siphocampylus scandens | 35.28 (± 5.1) | 30.54 (± 77.9) | 14. 82 (± 2.6) | 4.9 (± 1.0) | 3.22 | 52.25 | 700 | 62.6 |
Siphocampylus sp. | 32.77 (± 2.8) | 71.80 (± 75.2) | 16.68 (± 0.9) | 6.17 (± 0.7) | 1.49 | 100 | 1265 | 45.53 |
Columnea strigosa | 31.22 (± 5.2) | 8.17 (± 8.8) | 8.83 (± 4.0) | 13.26 (± 1.9) | 9.65 | 0 | 112 | 4.07 |
Disterigma alaternoides | 6.20 (± 0.4) | 0.18 (± 0.0) | 11.15 (± 4.0) | 2.60 (± 0.7) | 27.23 | 0 | 619 | 33.33 |
Gaultheria anastomosans | 6.25 (± 0.6) | 0.4 (± 0.3) | 20.46 (± 8.0) | 2.07 (± 0.4) | 5.45 | 0 | 17 | 4.88 |
Gaultheria erecta | 7.42 (± 0.5) | 0.68 (± 0.5) | 14.60 (± 1.7) | 1.54 (± 0.4) | 13.37 | 9.95 | 35 | 13.01 |
Macleania rupestris | 16.85 (± 1.3) | 15.22 (± 19.2) | 16.60 (± 3.9) | 3.35 (± 0.8) | 2.72 | 14.29 | 456 | 17.89 |
Macrocarpaea sp. | 52.23 (± 1.9) | 39.40 (± 22.5) | 11.07 (± 0.1) | 14.10 (± 0.8) | 1.73 | 80 | 159 | 1.63 |
Palicourea angustifolia | 8.74 (± 1.1) | 2.71 (± 4.3) | 23.12 (± 8.4) | 3.96 (± 0.8) | 0.74 | 32.96 | 16 | 8.94 |
Palicourea aschersonianoides | 18.19 (± 2.7) | 9.68 (± 9.8) | 24.25 (± 23.7) | 3.61 (± 0.6) | 6.44 | 61.03 | 44 | 11.38 |
Psamisia sp. | 21.8 (± 0) | 23.86 (± 0.3) | 23.4 (± 0.2) | 4.1 (± 0.4) | 0.99 | 42.22 | 45 | 16.26 |
Sphyrospermum sp. | 9.23 (± 1.5) | 1.50 (± 2.6) | 15.08 (± 6.5) | 1.48 (± 0.3) | 4.7 | 44.55 | 100 | 19.51 |
Symbolanthus sp. | 57.65 (± 7.5) | 11.57 (± 7.1) | 18.94 (± 6.8) | 8.65 (± 1.8) | 18.56 | 51.33 | 9 | 5.69 |