Anther smut disease in Dianthus silvester (Caryophyllaceae): Natural selection on floral traits

Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 383-392

  Shykoff, Jacqui A ^a,b   Bucheli, Erika ^a   Kaltz, Oliver ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Flower size; Microbotryum (Ustilago); nectar; pollination; pollinator borne disease; sexually transmitted disease

Indexed keywords

DIANTHUS SILVESTER; CARYOPHYLLACEAE; MICROBOTRYUM VIOLACEUM; USTILAGO VIOLACEA;

ANTHER SMUT; FLORAL TRAIT; FUNGAL DISEASE; SELECTION; SPORE DEPOSITION;

SWITZERLAND, ALPS;

EID: 0030617961     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1997.tb02425.x     Document Type: Article

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