Phenology and phenotypic natural selection on the flowering time of a deceit-pollinated tropical orchid, Myrmecophila christinae

Annals of Botany

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 243-250

  Parra Tabla, Víctor ^a,b   Vargas, Carlos F ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Deceit pollination; Flowering time; Fluctuating natural selection; M xico; Myrmecophila christinae; Negative frequency dependent selection; Orchidaceae; Phenology; Phenotypic natural selection; Tropical perennial plant

Indexed keywords

FLOWERING; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOLOGY; POLLINATOR;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

MYRMECOPHILA CHRISTINAE; ORCHIDACEAE;

ARTICLE; FLOWER; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MEXICO; ORCHIDACEAE; PHENOTYPE; POLLEN; SEASON; TIME; TROPIC CLIMATE;

FLOWERS; MEXICO; ORCHIDACEAE; PHENOTYPE; POLLEN; SEASONS; SELECTION (GENETICS); TIME FACTORS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 4944234123     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mch134     Document Type: Article

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