A global test of the pollination syndrome hypothesis

Annals of Botany

Volumn 103, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1471-1480

  Ollerton, Jeff ^a   Alarcon, Ruben ^b,c,g   Waser, Nickolas M ^b,d,g   Price, Mary V ^b,d,g   Watts, Stella ^a   Cranmer, Louise ^a   Hingston, Andrew ^e   Peter, Craig I ^f   Rotenberry, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^f RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^g ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Convergent evolution; floral traits; global; montane meadow; multidimensional scaling; mutualism; phenotype space; pollination syndromes; temperate grassland; test; tropical forest; tropical mountains

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FLOWER; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT;

ANIMALS; FLOWERS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; POLLINATION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE;

EID: 62149125291     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcp031     Document Type: Article

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