Spring Forward: Reproductive Phenology of the Holoparasite Lathraea squamaria (Orobanchaceae)

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/pei3.70101" target="_blank" >https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/pei3.70101</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pei3.70101" target="_blank" >10.1002/pei3.70101</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Spring Forward: Reproductive Phenology of the Holoparasite Lathraea squamaria (Orobanchaceae)

Original language description

Lathraea is a peculiar genus of holoparasitic plants in the Orobanchaceae. In addition to their unusual early development, plants in this genus remain below ground during most of their life cycle, deriving nutrients from the roots of various deciduous trees. In Lathraea squamaria, known as common toothwort, plants can persist underground for up to a decade before initiating flowering aboveground. To assess the effects of climate variability on the reproductive phenology and seed output of this species, we conducted a 14-year population monitoring study. Our data show that the average onset of flower anthesis and seed dispersal have shifted -0.4 and -0.3 days/year over time, respectively. This resulted in these phenophases stating 5 days (anthesis) and 9 days (seed release) earlier in 2021 compared to 2007. Nevertheless, these phenological changes were not significantly correlated with local temperature and precipitation, suggesting that developmental timing in L. squamaria may be more influenced by host-derived physiological cues. Indeed, early flowering has also been reported by one of the most common host species in the region, Carpinus betulus, the European hornbeam. Earlier flowering of common toothwort may also lead to temporal mismatches with pollinators, such as bumblebees. These findings underscore the importance of host-parasite synchrony in understanding the ecological resilience of holoparasitic plants under changing environmental conditions.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_SC - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10618 - Ecology

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Plant-Environment Interactions

ISSN

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e-ISSN

2575-6265

Volume of the periodical

6

Issue of the periodical within the volume

6

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

6

Pages from-to

"e70101-1"-"e70101-6"

UT code for WoS article

001645039300001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-105025658743