Variation in resource limitation of plant reproduction influences natural selection on floral traits of Asclepias syriaca

Oecologia

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 68-76

  Caruso, Christina M ^a,b   Remington, Davin L D ^a,c   Ostergren, Kate E ^a,c  

^a GRINNELL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c Apt 202 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Female fitness; Male fitness; Phenotypic selection; Pollen limitation

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; FLORAL TRAIT; NATURAL SELECTION; POLLEN LIMITATION; REPRODUCTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASCLEPIAS; GENETIC SELECTION; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASCLEPIAS; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION (GENETICS);

ASCLEPIAS; ASCLEPIAS SYRIACA;

EID: 27644527860     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0183-4     Document Type: Article

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