Eduardo Narbona
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View article: Macroevolutionary trade-offs among floral pigments shape angiosperm color diversity
Macroevolutionary trade-offs among floral pigments shape angiosperm color diversity Open
View article: Heat drastically alters floral color and pigment composition without affecting flower conspicuousness
Heat drastically alters floral color and pigment composition without affecting flower conspicuousness Open
Premise Floral pigments primarily serve to attract pollinators through color display and also contribute to protection against environmental stress. Although pigment composition can be plastically altered under stress, its impact on pollin…
View article: Linking environmental adaptation and genetic structure to the biogeography of flower colour lineages in <i>Lysimachia monelli</i> (Primulaceae)
Linking environmental adaptation and genetic structure to the biogeography of flower colour lineages in <i>Lysimachia monelli</i> (Primulaceae) Open
Reproductive traits such as flower colour can have a profound influence on the diversification of plant species, making understanding their evolutionary ramifications one of the foremost challenges for evolutionary biologists. Lysimachia m…
View article: Transcontinental patterns in floral pigment abundance among animal-pollinated species
Transcontinental patterns in floral pigment abundance among animal-pollinated species Open
View article: A Magic Trait in Red Flowers: UV Pigments Attract Birds, Deter Bees, and Confer Stress Tolerance
A Magic Trait in Red Flowers: UV Pigments Attract Birds, Deter Bees, and Confer Stress Tolerance Open
View article: Transcontinental patterns in floral pigment frequencies among animal-pollinated species
Transcontinental patterns in floral pigment frequencies among animal-pollinated species Open
Flower coloration arises primarily from pigments that serve dual functions: attracting pollinators and mitigating environmental stresses. Among major flower pigment groups, anthocyanins and UV-absorbing phenylpropanoids are particularly no…
View article: Green flowers need yellow to get noticed in a green world
Green flowers need yellow to get noticed in a green world Open
Background and Aims Flower colour is a key feature in plant–pollinator interactions that makes the flowers visible amid the surrounding green vegetation. Green flowers are expected to be scarcely conspicuous to pollinators; however, many o…
View article: A multiscale approach to understanding the shared blue-orange flower color polymorphism in two Lysimachia species
A multiscale approach to understanding the shared blue-orange flower color polymorphism in two Lysimachia species Open
View article: Geography and associated bioclimatic factors differentially affect leaf phenolics in three ivy species (Hedera L.) across the Iberian Peninsula
Geography and associated bioclimatic factors differentially affect leaf phenolics in three ivy species (Hedera L.) across the Iberian Peninsula Open
The biosynthesis of secondary metabolites in plants, especially that of phenolic compounds, is stimulated to protect against several environmental stress factors such as cold temperatures, drought, and UV-irradiance. As a result, when a sp…
View article: Pollinator response to yellow <scp>UV</scp>‐patterned versus white <scp>UV</scp>‐patternless flower dimorphism in <i>Anemone palmata</i>
Pollinator response to yellow <span>UV</span>‐patterned versus white <span>UV</span>‐patternless flower dimorphism in <i>Anemone palmata</i> Open
Flower colour polymorphisms are uncommon but widespread among angiosperms and can be maintained by a variety of balancing selection mechanisms. Anemone palmata is mostly yellow‐flowered, but white‐flowered plants coexist in some population…
View article: Selection maintains a nonadaptive floral polyphenism
Selection maintains a nonadaptive floral polyphenism Open
Adaptive phenotypic plasticity evolves in response to the contrasting selection pressures that arise when organisms face environmental heterogeneity. Despite its importance for understanding how organisms successfully cope with environment…
View article: Bird‐flower colour on islands supports the bee‐avoidance hypothesis
Bird‐flower colour on islands supports the bee‐avoidance hypothesis Open
Many insular plant species inhabiting different archipelagos worldwide present typical ornithophilous floral traits (e.g. copious nectar, red‐orange colours), but most of them are visited by insectivorous/granivorous birds and lizards, whi…
View article: Can a flower color ancestral polymorphism transcend speciation?
Can a flower color ancestral polymorphism transcend speciation? Open
Polymorphisms are common in nature, but they are rarely shared among closely related species. They could originate through convergence, ancestral polymorphism, or introgression. Although shared neutral genomic variation is commonplace, ver…
View article: The role of phenotypic plasticity in shaping ecological networks
The role of phenotypic plasticity in shaping ecological networks Open
Plasticity‐mediated changes in interaction dynamics and structure may scale up and affect the ecological network in which the plastic species are embedded. Despite their potential relevance for understanding the effects of plasticity on ec…
View article: Unravelling the mystery of red flowers in the Mediterranean Basin: How to be conspicuous in a place dominated by hymenopteran pollinators
Unravelling the mystery of red flowers in the Mediterranean Basin: How to be conspicuous in a place dominated by hymenopteran pollinators Open
Red‐flowered species have traditionally been related to ornithophily, and the ‘bee avoidance’ hypothesis, that is, red flower colouration is a way to reduce visits from hymenopterans, has been proposed to explain this association. In the M…
View article: Phenotypic plasticity guides<i>Moricandia arvensis</i>divergence and convergence across the Brassicaceae floral morphospace
Phenotypic plasticity guides<i>Moricandia arvensis</i>divergence and convergence across the Brassicaceae floral morphospace Open
Summary Many flowers exhibit phenotypic plasticity. By inducing the production of several phenotypes, plasticity may favour the rapid exploration of different regions of the floral morphospace. We investigated how plasticity drives Morican…
View article: Major Flower Pigments Originate Different Colour Signals to Pollinators
Major Flower Pigments Originate Different Colour Signals to Pollinators Open
Flower colour is mainly due to the presence and type of pigments. Pollinator preferences impose selection on flower colour that ultimately acts on flower pigments. Knowing how pollinators perceive flowers with different pigments becomes cr…
View article: Editorial: The Role of Flower Color in Angiosperm Evolution
Editorial: The Role of Flower Color in Angiosperm Evolution Open
European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and grants from the Spanish government (PID2020-116222GB-I00)
View article: Painting the green canvas: how pigments produce flower colours
Painting the green canvas: how pigments produce flower colours Open
Flowering plants are characterized by the production of striking flower colours and these colours are primarily caused by the accumulation of pigments in cells of the floral organs. The extraordinary array of colours displayed in flowers r…
View article: Phenotypic plasticity triggers rapid morphological convergence
Phenotypic plasticity triggers rapid morphological convergence Open
Phenotypic convergence, the independent evolution of similar traits, is ubiquitous in nature, happening at all levels of biological organizations and in most kinds of living beings. Uncovering its mechanisms remains a fundamental goal in b…
View article: Effects of the Relatedness of Neighbours on Floral Colour
Effects of the Relatedness of Neighbours on Floral Colour Open
The reproductive success of plants depends both on their phenotype and the local neighbourhood in which they grow. Animal-pollinated plants may benefit from increased visitation when surrounded by attractive conspecific individuals, via a …
View article: Petal colour data of Moricandia moricandioides
Petal colour data of Moricandia moricandioides Open
This data set includes the raw data of the analyses performed in the article: Torices R, DeSoto L, Narbona E, Gómez JM and Pannell JR (2021) Effects of the Relatedness of Neighbours on Floral Colour. Front. Ecol. Evol. 9:589781. doi: 10.33…
View article: Petal colour data of Moricandia moricandioides
Petal colour data of Moricandia moricandioides Open
This data set includes the raw data of the analyses performed in the article: Torices R, DeSoto L, Narbona E, Gómez JM and Pannell JR (2021) Effects of the Relatedness of Neighbours on Floral Colour. Front. Ecol. Evol. 9:589781. doi: 10.33…
View article: Transgenerational Plasticity in Flower Color Induced by Caterpillars
Transgenerational Plasticity in Flower Color Induced by Caterpillars Open
Variation in flower color due to transgenerational plasticity could stem directly from abiotic or biotic environmental conditions. Finding a link between biotic ecological interactions across generations and plasticity in flower color woul…
View article: Changes at a Critical Branchpoint in the Anthocyanin Biosynthetic Pathway Underlie the Blue to Orange Flower Color Transition in Lysimachia arvensis
Changes at a Critical Branchpoint in the Anthocyanin Biosynthetic Pathway Underlie the Blue to Orange Flower Color Transition in Lysimachia arvensis Open
Anthocyanins are the primary pigments contributing to the variety of flower colors among angiosperms and are considered essential for survival and reproduction. Anthocyanins are members of the flavonoids, a broader class of secondary metab…
View article: Indirect Selection on Flower Color in Silene littorea
Indirect Selection on Flower Color in Silene littorea Open
Flower color, as other floral traits, may suffer conflicting selective pressures mediated by both mutualists and antagonists. The maintenance of intraspecific flower color variability has been usually explained as a result of direct select…
View article: Within-individual phenotypic plasticity in flowers fosters pollination niche shift
Within-individual phenotypic plasticity in flowers fosters pollination niche shift Open
Phenotypic plasticity, the ability of a genotype of producing different phenotypes when exposed to different environments, may impact ecological interactions. We study here how within-individual plasticity in Moricandia arvensis flowers mo…
View article: UV radiation increases phenolic compound protection but decreases reproduction in Silene littorea
UV radiation increases phenolic compound protection but decreases reproduction in Silene littorea Open
Plants respond to changes in ultraviolet (UV) radiation both morphologically and physiologically. Among the variety of plant UV-responses, the synthesis of UV-absorbing flavonoids constitutes an effective non-enzymatic mechanism to mitigat…
View article: UV radiation increases flavonoid protection but decreased reproduction in<i>Silene littorea</i>
UV radiation increases flavonoid protection but decreased reproduction in<i>Silene littorea</i> Open
Plants respond to changes in ultraviolet (UV) radiation via morphological and physiological changes. Among the variety of plant UV-responses, the synthesis of UV-absorbing flavonoids constitutes an effective non-enzymatic mechanism to miti…
View article: Whole Plastome Sequencing Within Silene Section Psammophilae Reveals Mainland Hybridization and Divergence With the Balearic Island Populations
Whole Plastome Sequencing Within Silene Section Psammophilae Reveals Mainland Hybridization and Divergence With the Balearic Island Populations Open
Reconstructing the phylogenetic relationships within Caryophyllaceae tribe Sileneae has been obscured by hybridization and incomplete lineage sorting. Silene is the largest genus in the Caryophyllaceae, and unraveling its evolutiona…