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Biología y ecología de Viola cazorlensis. Uso de sustratos, reproducción y consumo por los herbívoros

Authors: Herrera, Carlos M.;

Biología y ecología de Viola cazorlensis. Uso de sustratos, reproducción y consumo por los herbívoros

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[EN] Plant distribution among substrates and its reproductive correlates are examined for Viola cazorlensis, a reputedly chasmophilous species, in two populations of the Sierra de Cazorla (Jaen province, southeastern Spain). The species was not confined to rocky substrates. For the two populations combined, 40% of the plants were rooted in the ground (sandy soils), 39% in large, nearly horizontal rocks, and 21% in cliffs. All reproductive aspects examined exhibited significant differences between substrates. Ground and cliff plants were similar in number of flowers produced per individual, and exceeded rock plants in this magnitude. The proportion of flowers setting fruit increased in the direction ground-rocks-cliffs. The number of fruits (capsules) eventually produced per individual increased in the direction rocks- ground-cliffs. The higher quality of cliffs as a substrate for V. cazorlensis depended on the fact that mammalian herbivores affected differentially plants in different substrates, heavily depressing capsule production by ground and rock plants. It is concluded that cliffs represent an “enemy-free space” for V. cazorlensis. Results are interpreted in relation to the demo­ graphy of this species and the persistence of its populations.

El presente trabajo describe el uso de sustratos por V. cazorlensis en dos poblaciones de Ia Sierra de Cazorla (Jaén), asi como el valor diferencial de cada uno de ellos en términos de ãxito reproductivo. La especic no se halla confinada en los sustratos rocosos en ninguna de las localidades estudiadas. En ci conjunto de las dos poblaciones, el 40 % de las plantas están en el suelo, el 39% en lastras y ci 21 % en paredes de roca. Todos los parametros reproducti­ vos examinados difieren significativamente en los diferentes sustratos. Las plantas del suelo y paredes tienen una producción de fibres similar, superando ampliamente a las plantas de lastras. La tasa de cuajado de [rubs aumenta en Ia dirección suelo-lastras-paredes. La pro­ ducciOn efectiva de cápsulas aumenta en Ia dirección lastras-suelo-paredes. La mayor repro­ ducción de V. cazorlensis en las paredes se debe a que los mamiferos herbIvoros deprimen diferencialmente Ia reproducciOn de las plantas que ocupan distintos sustratos, actuando selectivamente en contra de las plantas del suelo. Los resultados se discuten en relación con Ia demografIa de Ia especie y Ia persistencia de sus poblaciones.

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Keywords

plantas ru­ pIcolas, Chasmophilous plants, seed predation, Viola cazorlensis, herbivory, biología reproductiva, reproductive bio­logy, Violaceae, Predación de semillas, herbívoros

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