Predicting evolutionary consequences of pollinator declines: The long and short of floral evolution

New Phytologist

Volumn 177, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 576-579

  Mitchell, Randall J ^a   Ashman, Tia Lynn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Floral evolution; Flower size; Herkogamy; Inbreeding depression; Mimulus guttatus; Plant natural selection on floral traits; Plant reproduction; Pollinator decline

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; FLOWER; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; INBREEDING; MIMULUS; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FLOWERS; INBREEDING; MIMULUS; POLLINATION; SELECTION (GENETICS);

MIMULUS GUTTATUS;

EID: 38149043464     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02354.x     Document Type: Note

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