Covariance and decoupling of floral and vegetative traits in nine neotropical plants: A re-evaluation of Berg's correlation-pleiades concept

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-55

  Scott Armbruster, W ^a,b   Di Stilio, Verónica S ^c   Tuxill, John D ^d,g   Flores, T Christopher ^e,h   Velásquez Runk, Julie L ^f,g  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Harvard University Herbaria ^*  (United States)

^h HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Correlated evolution; Correlation pleiades; Evolution, floral traits; Genetic correlation; Natural selection; Pollination; Quantitative genetics

Indexed keywords

COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; FLORAL TRAIT; PHENOTYPE; POLLINATION;

CALATHEA; CANNA; CROTON; CYPERUS; ECHINODORUS; EICHORNIA; MUNTINGIA; WEDELIA;

EID: 0033302471     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2656953     Document Type: Article

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