The effects of traffic-related air pollution on the flower morphology of Iris pumila – Comparison of a polluted city area and the unpolluted Deliblato sands (Nature reserve)
2015
Autori:
Vujić, VukicaAvramov, Stevan
Tarasjev, Aleksej
Barišić Klisarić, Nataša
Živković, Uroš
Miljković, Danijela
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The function of flowers, as the reproductive organs of plants, can be altered by changes in the size and shape of their constituent parts in traffic-related air polluted areas. The aim of this work was to compare the length, width, centroid size and shape (using a set of shape variables - partal warps) of Iris pumila standards (petals) from an urban area of Belgrade city with data from the Deliblato Sands – an unpolluted nature reserve. Differences between the areas, as well as differences in clonal variability, for length, centroid size (ANOVA p < 0.001) and shape variation of standards were significant (MANOVA p < 0.001). Micro-environmental conditions induced significant diversity between flowers within a clone (p < 0.001), while intra-individual variation (part effects, p > 0.05) was not confirmed. Decrease of standard length and centroid size in the polluted environment was detected, as well as a change in the shape of this I. pumila flower part. The standards were shorter and wider in the polluted area when compared to those in the unpolluted environment.
Ključne reči:
urban ecology; flower shape morphology; geometric morphometrics; Iris pumila; Deliblato SandsIzvor:
Applied Ecology and Environmental Research, 2015, 13, 2, 405-415Finansiranje / projekti:
- Evolucija u heterogenim sredinama: mehanizmi adaptacija, biomonitoring i konzervacija biodiverziteta (RS-MESTD-Basic Research (BR or ON)-173025)
DOI: 10.15666/aeer/1302_405415
ISSN: 15891623