Gender-dimorphic plants are often subject to sex-differential enemy attack, but whether and how this contributes to trait evolution is unknown. To address this gap, we documented the spatiotemporal prevalence of sex-biased weevil damage in a gynodioecious strawberry. We then conducted path analysis to evaluate the direct and indirect pathways for weevils to affect female and male fertility and to mediate selection in two experimental gardens. Direct effects of weevils significantly reduced fertility and mediated selection on reproductive traits, even in the nonpreferred sex (females). Weevils significantly reduced floral display size in hermaphrodites in both gardens, and this translated into a substantial negative indirect effect on male fertility in the garden where the pathway to fertility via display was stronger. Thus, indirect effects of weevils can contribute to selection in hermaphrodites, which gain the majority of their fitness via male function. Our results also indicate that weevils often play a larger role than pollinators in shaping reproductive phenotype and thus raise the intriguing possibility that antagonists may be drivers of sexual dimorphism. Finally, our results support the view that mutualists, antagonists, and the abiotic environment should be considered when attempting to understand reproductive trait evolution in gender-dimorphic species.

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:性别不同的植物通常会受到性别差异的敌人的攻击,但是这是否以及如何促进性状演变尚不清楚。为了解决这一差距,我们记录了雌雄同体的草莓中性别偏爱的象鼻虫的时空流行情况。然后,我们进行了路径分析,以评估象鼻虫影响雌雄育性并介导两个实验花园中选择的直接和间接途径。象鼻虫的直接影响显着降低了生育能力和对生殖性状的介导选择,即使在非优选性别(女性)中也是如此。象鼻虫显着减少了两个花园中雌雄同体的花卉展示尺寸,这转化为对男性生殖力的负面影响,在花园中,雄性通过展示的途径更强。因此,象鼻虫的间接作用可能有助于雌雄同体的选择,而雌雄同体通过雄性功能获得了大部分适应性。我们的结果还表明,在塑造生殖表型方面,象鼻虫通常比传粉媒介发挥更大的作用,因此增加了拮抗剂可能是性二态性驱动因素的有趣可能性。最后,我们的结果支持这样的观点,即在试图了解性别双态物种的生殖性状进化时,应考虑互惠生,拮抗剂和非生物环境。

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