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. 2019 Jun 21;124(3):423–436. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcz091

Table 1.

Species where within-population optimal outcrossing has been assessed after experimental single-donor hand pollination

Species Life form Seed dispersal Scale assessed Fitness assessed Within-population OOD Pollinators References
Delphinium nelsonii Herb SC Within 1 m Self,1, 3, 10, 30, 100, 1000 m Seed set per flower Seedling survival, growth rate 3–10 m: Highest seed set, highest survival and faster production of flowers Hummingbirds Bumblebees Price and Waser, 1979; Waser and Price, 1994
Castilleja miniata Herb SI Unreported Self, 0.5, 2, 10, 30 m (1979) and self, 0.5, 1, 5, 10, 30 m (1980) Seeds per pod 2 m (1979 and combined): Seeds per pod (no OOD detected in 1980) Hummingbirds Lertzman, 1981
Blandfordia nobilis Herb SI Unreported 0–5, 10, 50, 200 m Seed set per unparasitized carpel Not detected: No difference between treatments Honeyeaters Zimmerman and Pyke, 1988
Espeletia schultzii Shrub SI Within 2 m 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 20, 50, 150, 500 m, 10 km, 78 km (variation between sites and years) Proportion of filled achenes, proportion of aborted seeds, seedling survivorship Not detected: Lower success after near-neighbour crosses Hummingbirds Bumblebees (Berry and Calvo, 1989) Sobrevila, 1988
Ipomopsis aggregata Herb SI Within 1 m 0, 1, 10, 100 m Seed set, seedling survival, flowering time, 10 m: Higher seed set, higher seedling survival, greater chance of flowering/earlier flowering Hummingbirds Waser and Price, 1989
Impatiens capensis Herb SC Ballistically; within 20 cm 2, 10, 50 m Seed mass, seed maturation, emergence, seedling height 29 m (estimate): Height of offspring at 1 month Hummingbirds Bumblebees (Travers et al., 2003) McCall et al., 1991
Anchusa crispa Herb SC Ants; within 75 cm (Quilichini and Debussche, 2000) Self, 5–10, 10–20, 20–30 m Achenes per fruit, germination, survival, cymes per plant, flowers per cyme Not detected: Selfed-pollinated plants have lower number of achenes per fruit and germination but higher survival, cymes per plant and flowers per cyme Hummingbirds Insects Quilichini et al., 2001
Grevillea mucronulata Shrub SI Gravity Self, 1–4 m, 30–50 m, 5 km Initiation, seed set, seed size, seed mass, germination time, seedling height, leaf area, number of leaves 30–50 m: Highest seed set, seed size, germination, leaf area, number of leaves Honeyeaters Forrest et al., 2011
Picea glauca Tree <200 m 0–3200 m (including self and nearest neighbour) Seed set, germination, seedling growth, Not detected: Lower viability and seedling height after self-pollination Wind-pollinated Coles and Fowler, 1979
Scleranthus annuus Herb SC Gravity Self, 6, 12, 25, 50, 100 m Seedling stamen arrangements and fertility 6–12 m: Highest number of stamens, more staminodes developing into fertile stamens Self (occasionally ants) Svensson, 1988
Polemonium viscosum Herb SI Unreported Randomly paired up to 60 m Number of seeds, seed mass Not detected: Distance has no impact Bumblebees Newport, 1989
Costus allenii Herb SC Unreported Mean interparental distances of 60, 200, 264 and 318 m; included multiple pollen donors Seed production, seed weight, percentage germination, vegetative growth Average 264 m: Highest seed production and percent germination Euglossine bees (Schemske, 1981) Schemske and Pautler, 1984
Phlox drummondii Herb SI Explosive force of fruit Self, random up to 35 m Seed abortion Not detected: Self-pollination increases seed abortion Lepidopterans Levin, 1984
Amianthium muscaetoxicum Herb near SI Unreported 5, 15, 60 m Fruit production, seeds per fruit, seeds per plant, seed mass Not detected: Lower fruit production and seeds per fruit after near-neighbour crosses in two of three populations Beetles (Travis, 1984) Redmond et al., 1989
Gentiana pneumonanthe Herb SC Wind; within a few metres Self, 1–50 cm, 50–100 cm, 1–2 m, 2–5 m, 5–10 m, 10–20 m, >20 m and 800 m Seed set and seed mass, germination, seedling mass, adult mass, total relative fitness Not detected: Lower fitness after self-pollination Bumblebees Oostermeijer et al., 1995
Agave schottii Shrub SC Within a few metres 1, 10, 100, 2500 m Fruit set, seed set, seed mass, germination, combined relative fitness 10 m: Seed set combined relative fitness Bumblebees and sphinx moths (Schaffer and Schaffer, 1977) Trame et al., 1995
Gentianella germanica Herb SC Wind; <130 cm (Verkaar et al., 1983) Self, 1 m, 10 m, 25 km Seeds per fruit, seed mass, germination rate, number of leaves, rosette diameter, cumulative leaf length, survival of seedlings (over 175 d period) 10 m: Faster germination, larger number of leaves, rosette size Diptera and small bees Fischer and Matthies, 1997
Trillium erectum Herb SC Ant dispersal; 0.02–10 m 1, 10, 100, 1500 m Fruit and seed production, seed: ovule ratio Not detected: Lower seed production after self-pollination Insect Irwin, 2001
Trillium grandiflorum Herb SC Ant dispersal; 0.02–10m 1, 10, 100, 1500 m Fruit and seed production, seed:ovule ratio Not detected: Lower seed production after self-pollination Insect Irwin, 2001
Alstroemeria aurea Herb SC Within a few metres 1, 10, 100 m Germinated pollen grains, number of pollen tubes, Not detected: Pollen tube number increases with distance Bumblebees Souto et al., 2002
Digitalis purpurea Herb SC Ballistically; within a few metres Self, 1, 6, 30 m Seed set, seed mass, germination, seedling survival, seedling growth, time to flowering, flower number 6 m: Highest cumulative fitness (seed germination, juvenile survival, flower number) Bumblebees Grindeland, 2008
Grevillea sphacelata Shrub SI Unreported <5 m, 200 m, 3–4 km away Fruit development, fruit set, seeds per fruit, seed mass, germination success, seedling survival, seeding growth, seedling photosynthesis Not detected: Distance had negligible impact Insects (primarily Apis mellifera) Ayre and O’Brien, 2013
Phlox hirsuta Herb SI Gravity; within 1 m 1, 10, 100 m, 6740 m Seed set, seed abortion, seed mass, emergence, radical length, cotyledon emergence, number of leaves, number of flowers Not detected: No impact within population, shorter radicles and less cotyledon emergence after between-population crosses Insects Ruane et al., 2015

SI, self-incompatible; SC, self-compatible.