Pollinator-mediated selection on flower-tube length in a hawkmoth-pollinated Gladiolus (Iridaceae)

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 269, Issue 1491, 2002, Pages 631-636

  Alexandersson, Ronny ^a   Johnson, Steven D ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Agrius convolvuli; Flower morphology; Flower tube; Gladiolus longicollis; Hawkmoth pollination; Selection

Indexed keywords

FLOWER; PHENOTYPE; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; SELECTION;

ARTICLE; FLOWER; GENETIC SELECTION; MODEL; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLLINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FERTILIZATION; FRUIT; IRIDACEAE; MOTHS; PHENOTYPE; PLANT COMPONENTS; POLLEN; SEEDS; SELECTION (GENETICS); TONGUE;

AGRIUS; AGRIUS CONVOLVULI; ANIMALIA; GLADIOLUS; IRIDACEAE; LEPIDOPTERA; SPHINGIDAE;

EID: 53149119178     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2001.1928     Document Type: Article

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