Pollinator-mediated selection on the nectar guide phenotype in the Andean monkey flower, Mimulus luteus

Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1721-1732

  Medel, Rodrigo ^a   Botto Mahan, Carezza ^a   Kalin Arroyo, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Disruptive selection; Divergence; Geometric morphometrics; Natural selection

Indexed keywords

BIRD; FLORAL TRAIT; FLOWER VISITING; INSECT; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPE; POLLINATION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; AVES; COROLLA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MIMULUS (ANGIOSPERM); MIMULUS LUTEUS; SCROPHULARIACEAE; TROCHILIDAE;

EID: 0344153470     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/01-0688     Document Type: Article

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