Variation in sex ratio, morph-specific reproductive ecology and an experimental test of frequency-dependence in the gynodioecious Kallstroemia grandiflora (Zygophyllaceae)

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1117-1124

  Cuevas, E ^a,b   Parker, I M ^c   Molina Freaner, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Frequency dependent selection; Gynodioecy; Kallstroemia; Male sterility; Melissodes; Pollen limitation; Sonoran Desert

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; FRUIT SET; GYNODIOECY; HERMAPHRODITE; MALE BEHAVIOR; POLLEN LIMITATION; POLLINATOR; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO;

ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; FRUIT; HISTOLOGY; MEXICO; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POLLEN; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; ZYGOPHYLLACEAE;

ECOLOGY; FRUIT; MEXICO; POLLEN; REPRODUCTION; SEEDS; SEX RATIO; ZYGOPHYLLACEAE;

NORTH AMERICA; SONORAN DESERT;

KALLSTROEMIA; KALLSTROEMIA GRANDIFLORA; MELISSODES; ZYGOPHYLLACEAE;

EID: 45149124819     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2008.01530.x     Document Type: Article

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