Table 1: Literature survey: observed proportion of total investment in seed production (pre-pollination + post-pollination
costs) that is allocated during the pre-pollination period.
Species
Plant group
Observed proportion of total
Reference
investment in seed
production allocated to prepollination costs
Callitris muelleri
gymnosperm
0.0008
Lord and Westoby 2011
Araucaria bidwillii
gymnosperm
0.0010
Lord and Westoby 2011
Cedrus deodara
gymnosperm
0.0013
Lord and Westoby 2011
Ginkgo biloba
gymnosperm
0.0015
Lord and Westoby 2011
Actinostrobus arenarius
gymnosperm
0.0023
Lord and Westoby 2011
Sequoia sempervirens
gymnosperm
0.0044
Lord and Westoby 2011
Cupressus sp.
gymnosperm
0.0052
Lord and Westoby 2011
Juniperus thurifera
gymnosperm
0.0078
Montesinos et al. 2012
Taxus baccata
gymnosperm
0.0124
Lord and Westoby 2011
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana
gymnosperm
0.0212
Lord and Westoby 2011
Podocarpus spinulosus
gymnosperm
0.0344
Lord and Westoby 2011
Pinus halepensis
gymnosperm
0.0478
Ne'eman et al. 2011
Macrozamia communis
gymnosperm
0.4702
Lord and Westoby 2011
Casuarina distyla
Wind-pollinated angiosperm
0.0050
Lord and Westoby 2006
Pistacia lentiscus
Wind-pollinated angiosperm
0.0500
Milla et al. 2006
Spinifex hirsutus
Wind-pollinated angiosperm
0.0570
Lord and Westoby 2006
Platanus racemosa
Wind-pollinated angiosperm
0.0610
Lord and Westoby 2006
Dodonea triquetra
Wind-pollinated angiosperm
0.0650
Lord and Westoby 2006
Corema album
Wind-pollinated angiosperm
0.0780
Guitián et al. 1997
Schiedea salicaria (bisexual)
Wind-pollinated angiosperm
0.1457
Sakai et al. 2007, Weller and Sakai 2005
Caustis recurvata
Wind-pollinated angiosperm
0.2040
Lord and Westoby 2006
Schiedea salicaria (female)
Wind-pollinated angiosperm
0.2289
Sakai et al. 2007, Weller and Sakai 2005
Rumex acetosella
Wind-pollinated angiosperm
0.2305
Korpelainen 1992
Rumex acetosa
Wind-pollinated angiosperm
0.2320
Korpelainen 1992
Schiedea adamantis (bisexual)
Wind-pollinated angiosperm
0.4243
Campbell et al. 2010
Schiedea adamantis (female)
Wind-pollinated angiosperm
0.5490
Campbell et al. 2010
Carex picta
Wind-pollinated angiosperm
0.9102
Delph et al. 1993
Smilax glycophylla
Animal-pollinated angiosperm
0.0220
Lord and Westoby 2006
Solanum dulcamara
Animal-pollinated angiosperm
0.0230
Cruden and Lyon 1985
Borderea pyrenaica
Animal-pollinated angiosperm
0.0275
García and Antor 1995
Micrantheum ericoides
Animal-pollinated angiosperm
0.0290
Lord and Westoby 2006
Stephania japonica
Animal-pollinated angiosperm
0.0310
Lord and Westoby 2006
Ilex aquifolium
Animal-pollinated angiosperm
0.0419
Obeso and Retuerto 2002
Oemleria cerasiformis
Animal-pollinated angiosperm
0.0450
Antos and Allen 1994
Cucurbita foetidissima
Animal-pollinated angiosperm
0.0505
Kohn 1989
Phyllanthus thymoides
Animal-pollinated angiosperm
0.0680
Lord and Westoby 2006
Dioscorea japonica
Animal-pollinated angiosperm
0.0778
Mizuki et al. 2005
Nyssa sylvatica
Animal-pollinated angiosperm
0.0799
Cipollini and Stiles 1991
Aucuba japonica
Animal-pollinated angiosperm
0.0808
Abe 2002
Hesperis matronalis
Animal-pollinated angiosperm
0.0866
Cruden and Lyon 1985
Wurmbea dioica
Animal-pollinated angiosperm
0.0869
Barrett et al. 1999
Gilia achilleifolia
Animal-pollinated angiosperm
0.1024
Schoen 1982a,b
Diospyros australis
Animal-pollinated angiosperm
0.1050
Lord and Westoby 2006
Smyrnium olusatrum
Animal-pollinated angiosperm
0.1101
Lloyd 1980
Ilex leucoclada
Animal-pollinated angiosperm
0.1113
Torimaru and Tomaru 2012
Aconitum gymnandrum
Animal-pollinated angiosperm
0.1129
Zhao et al. 2008
Rubus chamaemorus
Animal-pollinated angiosperm
0.1234
Agren 1988
Lathyrus vernus
Animal-pollinated angiosperm
0.1250
Ehrlén 1991
Oxalis violacea
Animal-pollinated angiosperm
0.1318
Cruden and Lyon 1985
Clutia pulchella
Animal-pollinated angiosperm
0.1338
Thompson and Edwards 2001
Sisyrinchium campestre
Animal-pollinated angiosperm
0.1370
Cruden and Lyon 1985
Acer japonicum
Animal-pollinated angiosperm
0.1375
Sato 2002
Hepatica nobilis
Animal-pollinated angiosperm
0.1385
Ehrlén 1991
Stylidium armeria
Animal-pollinated angiosperm
0.1443
Brookes et al 2008, 2010
Silene alba
Animal-pollinated angiosperm
0.1497
Gross and Soule 1981, Ehrlén 1991
Siparuna grandiflora
Animal-pollinated angiosperm
0.1527
Nicotra 1999
Geranium maculatum
Animal-pollinated angiosperm
0.1568
Cruden and Lyon 1985
Rhus trichocarpa
Animal-pollinated angiosperm
0.1827
Matsuyama and Sakimoto 2008
Rhus javanica
Animal-pollinated angiosperm
0.1950
Matsuyama and Sakimoto 2008
Hebe subalpina
Animal-pollinated angiosperm
0.2227
Delph 1990
Gynatrix pulchella
Animal-pollinated angiosperm
0.2438
Leigh et al. 2006
Asclepias quadrifolia
Animal-pollinated angiosperm
0.2512
Chaplin and Walker 1982
Leucopogon melaleucoides
Animal-pollinated angiosperm
0.2797
Vaughton and Ramsey 2011
Narthecium asiaticum
Animal-pollinated angiosperm
0.2895
Ishii and Sakai 2002
Zanthoxylum ailanthoides
Animal-pollinated angiosperm
0.3101
Matsuyama and Sakimoto 2010
Leucopogon melaleucoides
Animal-pollinated angiosperm
0.3112
Vaughton and Ramsey 2011
Limnanthes douglasii
Animal-pollinated angiosperm
0.3130
this study
Cirsium arvense
Animal-pollinated angiosperm
0.3160
Lord and Westoby 2006
Ligularia virgaurea
Animal-pollinated angiosperm
0.3708
Zhang et al. 2012
Aciphylla simplicifolia
Animal-pollinated angiosperm
0.3878
Pickering and Arthur 2003
Blandfordia grandiflora
Animal-pollinated angiosperm
0.4220
Ramsey 1993
Impatiens hypophylla v. microhypophylla
Animal-pollinated angiosperm
0.4708
Sato and Yahara 1999
Impatiens biflora
Animal-pollinated angiosperm
0.4758
Schemske 1978
Ipomopsis aggregata
Animal-pollinated angiosperm
0.5510
Cambell 1997
Clematis microphylla
Animal-pollinated angiosperm
0.5600
Lord and Westoby 2006
Phacelia linearis (bisexual)
Animal-pollinated angiosperm
0.6025
Eckhart 1992a, b
Impatiens hypophylla v. hypophylla
Animal-pollinated angiosperm
0.6113
Sato and Yahara 1999
Impatiens pallida
Animal-pollinated angiosperm
0.6179
Schemske 1978
Lomandra longifolia
Animal-pollinated angiosperm
0.6260
Lord and Westoby 2006
Phacelia linearis (female)
Animal-pollinated angiosperm
0.7065
Eckhart 1992a, b
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