Pollinator response to female and male floral display in a monoecious species and its implications for the evolution of floral dimorphism

New Phytologist

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 417-424

  Huang, Shuang Quan ^a   Tang, Lu Lu ^a   Sun, Ji Fan ^a   Lu, Yang ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Floral dimorphism; Floral display size; Monoecious; Pollen receipt; Pollen removal; Pollinator choice; Pollinator mediated selection; Sagittaria trifolia

Indexed keywords

DIMORPHISM; EVOLUTION; FLORAL TRAIT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MONOECY; POLLEN; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; SPECIES FLOCK;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARROWHEAD; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FLOWERING; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; FLOWERING TOPS; POLLEN; REPRODUCTION; SAGITTARIA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

ALISMATACEAE; SAGITTARIA TRIFOLIA;

EID: 33745190252     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2006.01766.x     Document Type: Article

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