Reduced fecundity and offspring performance in small populations of the declining grassland plants Primula veris and Gentiana lutea

By Marc Kéry, D. Matthies, H. Spillmann. 2000

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Subfields: Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Demographic variation and population viability in Gentianella campestris: effects of grassland management and environmental stochasticity (2001, background): “Kéry et al. (2000) found strongly reduced reproduction in populations of the grassland plants Primula veris and Gentiana lutea consisting of less than 200 and 500 plants, respectively, as an effect of inbreeding depression.”
Ecological and evolutionary responses of Mediterranean plants to global change. (2014, neutral): “A few studies have tested whether populations from small and isolated fragments are less plastic than those from large and connected fragments in non-Mediterranean species, with mixed and sometimes contradictory results (see Kery et al., 2000; Berg et al., 2005; Paschke et al., 2005).”
Insect communities and biotic interactions on fragmented calcareous grasslands - a mini review (2002, background): “…have found clear evidence that small and isolated plant populations on calcareous grasslands have reduced seed set (e.g. Matthies et al., 1995; Kéry et al., 2000), suffer from genetic erosion (e.g. Oostermeijer et al., 1994; Fischer and Matthies, 1997) and have a higher extinction risk (e.g.…”
The effects of grassland management on plant performance and demography in the perennial herb Primula veris (2004, background): “This species has shown a sharp decline, not only in the study area of Voeren (Belgium) but in larger parts of western Europe as well (Zoller & Wagner 1986; Kery, Matthies & Spillmann 2000 ).”
Reduced colonization capacity in fragmented populations of wind‐dispersed grassland forbs (2002, background): “It has been found that seed production per individual was lower in small fragmented populations than in large populations (Fischer & Matthies 1998a; Kery et al . 2000 ), due to inbreeding depression (Charlesworth & Charlesworth 1987; Fischer & Matthies 1998b) or reduced pollination (Cunningham 2000”
Habitat fragmentation reduces grassland connectivity for both short‐distance and long‐distance wind‐dispersed forbs (2005, background): “Such small populations have an increased probability of extinction and a reduced colonization capacity, as the few seeds they produce may have low germination ability (Fischer & Matthies 1998; Kéry et al. 2000; Soons & Heil 2002; Vergeer et al. 2003).”
The effect of plant population size on the interactions between the rare plant Gentiana cruciata and its specialized herbivore Maculinea rebeli (2001, background): “1994), Gentianella germanica (Fischer & Matthies 1998a,b) and Primula veris (Kéry et al. 2000).”
The Ecology of Seeds: References (2005, background): “For example, species with conspicuous adaptations for wind dispersal were more likely to colonize avalanche debris in Japan (Nakashizuka et al., 1993), the aftermath of the Mount St Helens eruption (del Moral, 1993), glacial forelands in Switzerland (Stocklin & Baumler, 1996), secondary woodland in ”
Introduction Strategies Put to the Test: Local Adaptation versus Heterosis (2004, background): “Effects of inbreeding in small populations have already been shown in several plant species ( Jennertsen 1988; Menges 1991, 1992; Ouborg & van Treuren 1995; Ågren 1996; Fischer & Matthies 1998; Kéry et al. 2000; Luijten et al. 2000, 2002), including Succisa pratensis (Vergeer et al. 2003a).”
Low genetic variation reduces cross-compatibility and offspring fitness in populations of a narrow endemic plant with a self-incompatibility system (2003, background): “Reduced performance of offspring of smaller populations was explained by a genetic effect in the monocarpic plants Ipomopsis aggregata (Heschel and Paige 1995) and Gentianella germanica (Fischer and Matthies 1998a,b), the perennials Silena regia (Menges 1991), Gentiana pneumonanthe (Oostermeijer, va”
Potential Impact of Climate Change on Vegetation in the European Alps: A Review (2001, background): “…through climate change, they may nevertheless face fragmentation of their populations, because of land use, which can lead to reduced fecundity and offspring performance, as Kéry et al. (2000) showed for Primula veris and Gentiana lutea, two common species of nutrient-poor calcareous grassland.”
Habitat fragmentation affects the common wetland specialist Primula farinosa in north‐east Switzerland (2003, result): “3a) is in line with reports of reduced plant performance in small compared with large populations (Menges 1991; Aizen & Feinsinger 1994; Ouborg & van Treuren 1994; Fischer & Matthies 1998; Kéry et al. 2000).”
The interacting effects of genetic variation, habitat quality and population size on performance of Succisa pratensis (2003, background): “…populations (Grünbauer 2001), and with many other plant species, e.g. Arnica montana, Gentianella germanica, Dianthus deltoides, Lythrum salicaria and Salvia pratensis (Ouborg & van Treuren 1995; Ågren 1996; Fischer & Matthies 1998a; Jennertsen 1988; Kéry et al. 2000; Luijten et al. 2000).”