@inbook {1305, title = {Flore de l{\textquoteright}{\^I}le de la R{\'e}union}, year = {1895}, pages = {319}, edition = {Typographie de la V{\'e}rit{\'e}}, author = {Cordemoy, Eug{\'e}ne J de} } @article {1297, title = {Vertebrate pollination of the endemic Trochetia granulata (Malvaceae) on R{\'e}union}, journal = {Journal of Tropical Ecology}, volume = {29}, year = {2013}, pages = {353-356}, abstract = {

The pollination ecology and breeding system of Trochetia granulata (Malvaceae), an endemic tree species from R\éunion were studied. In 2010\–2011, compatibility studies were conducted on a total of 154 flowers from 35 different individuals using three different hand pollination treatments: (a) autofertility, (b) self-pollination and (c) cross-pollination. During the period, we also studied the pollination ecology of T. granulata. During 48 h of video recordings, we tracked flower visits to T. granulata in six different sites and studied the behaviour of the visitors. The results from the hand-cross experiments show that T. granulata is self-compatible (60.8\% fruit set) but cannot produce fruit (5.4\% fruit set) without the visit of a pollen vector. During surveys, four different visitors were reported: the introduced honey bee (Apis mellifera), two endemic species of white-eye (Zosterops borbonicus borbonicus and Z. olivaceus) and the endemic R\éunion day gecko (Phelsuma borbonica). This study documented a new case of vertebrate-pollination by lizard and birds in an insular context. These interactions might be linked to several uncommon floral traits of Trochetia species.

}, keywords = {Apis, gecko, island, Phelsuma, plant-animal interactions, Zosterops}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0266467413000278}, url = {http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online\&aid=8948698}, author = {Le P{\'e}chon, Timoth{\'e}e and Sanchez, Micka{\"e}l and Humeau, Laurence and Gigord, Luc D B and Zhang, Li-Bing} }