Explaining phenotypic selection on plant attractive characters: Male function, gender balance or ecological context?

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue 1539, 2004, Pages 553-559

  Ashman, Tia Lynn ^a   Morgan, Martin T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Floral evolution; Male function; Natural selection; Phenotypic selection; Pollen limitation; Pollination

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; FLORAL TRAIT; HERMAPHRODITE; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPE; POLLINATION;

CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE FERTILITY; GENDER; MALE FERTILITY; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PLANT ECOLOGY; PLANT EVOLUTION; PLANT MORPHOLOGY; POLLEN; POLLINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEED PRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX ROLE;

SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 1642404355     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2642     Document Type: Review

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