Lizards as pollinators and seed dispersers: an island phenomenon

By J. Olesen, A. Valido. 2003

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

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Disruption of a Plant‐Lizard Seed Dispersal System and Its Ecological Effects on a Threatened Endemic Plant in the Balearic Islands (2005, background): “Such an interaction between plants and lizards appears to have evolved mainly on islands (reviewed in Olesen & Valido 2003) and may be threatened by the introduction of new species.”
Biodiversity, species interactions and ecological networks in a fragmented world (2012, background): “There is considerable spatial variation, for example, bird pollination is rare on mainland in Europe whereas it is common on European islands (Dupont et al., 2004; Kraemer and Schmitt, 1999; Olesen, 1985; Olesen and Valido, 2003; Ollerton et al., 2003).”
Evolutionary changes in nectar sugar composition associated with switches between bird and insect pollination: the Canarian bird‐flower element revisited (2004, background): “A similar evolutionary scenario has been suggested to account for nectarivory in lizards on islands ( Olesen & Valido 2003 ).”
Conservation and restoration of plant–animal mutualisms on oceanic islands (2010, neutral): “1B; reviewed in Olesen and Valido, 2003).”
Community structure of pollination webs of Mauritian heathland habitats (2009, background): “The role of lizards in pollination has been considered vital to the reproduction of many native Mauritian plant species (Nyhagen et al., 2001; Hansen et al., 2007), and on other islands, for example the Balearic Islands ( Olesen and Valido, 2003, and references therein).”
Pollinator Diversity: Distribution, Ecological Function, and Conservation (2017, background): “…flies) 76 Wardhaugh (2015) Psocoptera (bark flies) 57 Wardhaugh (2015) Plecoptera (stone flies) 37 Wardhaugh (2015) Lacertilia (lizards) 37 Olesen & Valido (2003) Dermaptera (earwigs) 20 Wardhaugh (2015) Crustacea (mainly Isopoda) 11 Ollerton (1999), van Tussenbroek et al.…”
A snake in paradise: Disturbance of plant reproduction following extirpation of bird flower-visitors on Guam (2008, background): “Flower-visiting lizards typically seek nectar in flowers or inflorescences with a high nectar production, and flowers, which can be accessed by climbing ( Olesen and Valido, 2003 ).”
Size evolution in island lizards (2007, neutral): “Olesen & Valido (2003) suggested that dietary shifts may stem from a general scarcity of arthropods on islands, with increased size being necessary to facilitate the digestion of low-quality plant food.”
Ecosystem services provided by amphibians and reptiles in Neotropical ecosystems (2013, background): “The studies have indicated that the role of these species as mutualistic double agents (dispersers and pollinators) has been underestimated and that pollination and seed dispersal by lizards is more common on islands (Olesen & Valido 2003).”