Do rewardless orchids show a positive relationship between phenotypic diversity and reproductive success?

Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 434-442

  Smithson, Ann ^a   Juillet, Nicolas ^b   Macnair, Mark R ^a   Gigord, Luc D B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Conservation; Corolla color; Dactylorhiza sambucina; Orchidaceae; Phenotypic diversity; Pollination; Population fitness

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; FITNESS; PHENOTYPE; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; ORCHIDACEAE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; BEES; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWERS; ORCHIDACEAE; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REPRODUCTION;

DACTYLORHIZA SAMBUCINA; ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 34247164538     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/05-1445     Document Type: Article

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