Pollinator-mediated selection on floral display and flowering time in the perennial herb arabidopsis lyrata

Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1292-1300

  Sandring, Saskia ^a   Ågren, Jon ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Floral display; Flower size; Flowering phenology; Natural selection; Pollen limitation; Selection gradients

Indexed keywords

FLORAL TRAIT; FLOWERING; HERB; MORPHOLOGY; NATURAL SELECTION; PERENNIAL PLANT; PHENOLOGY; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; SELECTION;

ANIMAL; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLOWER; GENETIC SELECTION; HISTOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION;

ANIMALS; ARABIDOPSIS; FEMALE; FLOWERS; PHENOTYPE; POLLINATION; SELECTION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS LYRATA;

EID: 64749106924     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00624.x     Document Type: Article

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