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The role of lizards as potential pollinators on islands has been documented for either one or a few plants in different parts of the world, but it has never been assessed for an entire plant community. Here, we quantified interaction rate by lizards and evaluated intraspecific differences in the use of flowers on Cabrera Gran (Cabrera archipelago, Balearic Islands) by means of visual observations, automated cameras and the analysis of pollen grain samples. Overall, we recorded interactions of the Balearic wall lizard (Podarcis lilfordi) with flowers of 44 plant species, 72.7% of which were unknown to date. Although florivory occurs in some of these species (35%), the majority of visits were legitimate (65%); in addition, we found intraspecific differences in the interactions related to the sex and age of lizards. Our findings support the role of Balearic wall lizards as potential pollinators across the entire plant community, and their contribution to particular plant species, for instance the endangered Cistus heterophyllus carthaginensis. This study also documents the first record of another sympatric lizard (Tarentola mauritanica) visiting flowers and contributes to the few existing records of flower interactions involving geckos in the Paleartic ecozone.
<i>Podarcis lilfordi</i>, Plant–lizard interactions, Veterinary medicine, florivory, Cabrera archipelago, Podarcis lilfordi, Article, Balearic Islands; Cabrera archipelago; florivory; intra-specific resource use; plant–lizard interactions; <i>Podarcis lilfordi</i>; <i>Tarentola mauritanica</i>, intra-specific resource use, QL1-991, Balearic Islands, Florivory, Tarentola mauritanica, SF600-1100, plant–lizard interactions, Zoology, Intra-specific resource use
<i>Podarcis lilfordi</i>, Plant–lizard interactions, Veterinary medicine, florivory, Cabrera archipelago, Podarcis lilfordi, Article, Balearic Islands; Cabrera archipelago; florivory; intra-specific resource use; plant–lizard interactions; <i>Podarcis lilfordi</i>; <i>Tarentola mauritanica</i>, intra-specific resource use, QL1-991, Balearic Islands, Florivory, Tarentola mauritanica, SF600-1100, plant–lizard interactions, Zoology, Intra-specific resource use
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