Mechanisms of hummingbird-mediated selection for flower width in Ipomopsis aggregata

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1463-1472

  Campbell, Diane R ^a,b   Waser, Nickolas M ^c   Price, Mary V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Flower shape and size; Hummingbird; Ipomopsis; Morphology; Phenotypic correlation; Pollen export and production; Pollinator effectiveness; Selection

Indexed keywords

FLOWER WIDTH; HUMMINGBIRD; POLLEN; SCARLET GILIA;

IPOMOPSIS AGGREGATA; POLEMONIACEAE;

EID: 0030440772     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265543     Document Type: Article

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