Evidence for stabilising selection acting on flowering time in Arum maculatum (Araceae): The influence of phylogeny on adaptation

Oecologia

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 340-348

  Ollerton, Jeff ^a   Diaz, Anita ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diptera; Natural selection; Phenology; Phylogeny; Pollination

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; FLOWERING; PHYLOGENY; SELECTION;

ARUM MACULATUM;

EID: 0032991082     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050794     Document Type: Article

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