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Plant Biol (Stuttg) 2003; 5(5): 522-530
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-44788
Original Paper

Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Fitness Traits and Dispersal Ability in the Herb Tragopogon pratensis (Asteraceae): Decoupling the Role of Inbreeding Depression and Maternal Effects

F. X. Picó 1 , N. J. Ouborg 1 , J. M. van Groenendael 1
  • 1Department of Ecology, University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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27. November 2003 (online)

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Abstract

Inbreeding depression can decrease several fitness traits and maternal effects can strongly influence the amount of inbreeding depression. Understanding the effects of inbreeding depression on plant fitness is especially important in the context of habitat fragmentation, where plant populations become smaller and more isolated, exhibiting increasing levels of inbreeding depression. We examined the joint influence of inbreeding depression and maternal effects on life cycle traits and dispersal ability in the herb Tragopogon pratensis that grows in fragmented populations in Europe. We conducted experimental crosses to obtain selfed and outcrossed progeny in two contrasted environments. In particular, we produced a first generation of seeds and plants that were self-pollinated again to produce a second generation of seeds. Individual seeds were weighed and their pappuses measured to estimate the dispersal potential. Pollination treatment only had a significant effect on seed mass and dispersal ability. Coefficients of inbreeding depression did not differ between selfed and outcrossed plants. Seed mass had a significant effect on germination date. Environment had a significant effect on mass of the second generation of seeds and the interaction between pollination treatment and family was significant for six traits, indicating the existence of strong maternal effects in T. pratensis. Results suggest population differentiation. Overall, T. pratensis populations exhibited a good performance under selfing, in terms of life cycle traits and dispersal ability, which would allow the species to cope with problems associated with fragmentation.

Key words

Life cycle traits - mating system - seed size - self-compatibility - terminal velocity - trade-off.

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F. X. Picó

Department of Ecology
University of Nijmegen

Toernooiveld 1

6525 ED Nijmegen

The Netherlands

eMail: xavier.pico@sci.kun.nl

Section Editor: K. Clay