@article{fdi:010086712,
  title = {{F}ine-scale temporal dynamics of flower visitors sheds light on insect-assemblage overlap between sexes in a dioecious {E}cuadorian palm},
  author = {{A}uffray, {T}homas and {M}ontufar, {R}. and {U}quillas, {S}. {X}. {P}. and {B}arragan, {A}. and {P}incebourde, {S}. and {G}ibernau, {M}. and {D}angles, {O}livier},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{D}ioecious plants generally display sexual dimorphism in male and female floral traits, potentially attracting slightly different pollinator communities. {T}he sharing of common floral visitors between male and female flowers and their timing of visits to both sexes is of critical importance to ensure plant's reproductive success. {P}alm inflorescences are visited by abundant and diverse insect communities, yet the temporal patterns of insect visits on both sexes remain poorly known. {W}e characterized the composition of a community of flower-visiting arthropods associated with the dioecious ivory palm ({P}hytelephas aequatorialis, {S}pruce) in a pre-montane forest of {E}cuador. {W}e monitored the temporal variations in insect visits along the flowering of 12 inflorescences (eight female and four male) using interception traps recovered every 4 h. {W}e report 59 morphospecies in the arthropod community, dominated by three beetle families: {S}taphylinidae, {N}itidulidae, and {C}urculionidae. {M}ale inflorescences were more abundantly visited than female, but visitors of the later were taxonomically more diverse. {A}mong the 16 pollinator candidates identified, nine visited both inflorescence sexes synchronously at dusk /night whereas the others did so asynchronously during the day. {O}ur study provides new insights into the pollination mechanism of {P}. aequatorialis. {W}e found evidence of differential pollinator attraction between floral sexes, which may be explained by the sexual dimorphism of both flowers. {S}ynchronicity in dusk/night visits of both inflorescence sexes suggests a sexual synchronization of the signal used to attract pollinators.{A}bstract in {S}painsh is available with online material},
  keywords = {{A}recaceae ; beetles ; cloud forest ; {P}hytelephas aequatorialis ; sexual dimorphism ; {EQUATEUR}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{B}iotropica},
  volume = {[{E}arly access]},
  numero = {},
  pages = {[12 ]},
  ISSN = {0006-3606},
  year = {2022},
  DOI = {10.1111/btp.13182},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010086712},
}