Reproductive success of non-rewarding Cypripedium japonicum benefits from low spatial dispersion pattern and asynchronous flowering

Annals of Botany

Volumn 103, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1227-1237

  Sun, Hai Qin ^a   Cheng, Jin ^a   Zhang, Fu Min ^a   Luo, Yi Bo ^a   Ge, Song ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Cypripedium japonicum; Deceptive flower; Flowering synchrony; Pollen limitation; Reproductive success; Selection differential; Selection gradient; Spatial dispersal pattern

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DISPERSION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FITNESS; FLOWER VISITING; FRUIT PRODUCTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MONOCOTYLEDON; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHENOLOGY; POLLINATOR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SELECTION; SYNCHRONY;

ARTICLE; FLOWER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ORCHIDACEAE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; REPRODUCTION;

FLOWERS; ORCHIDACEAE; POLLEN; REPRODUCTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

ANIMALIA; CYPRIPEDIUM; ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 66249094171     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcp066     Document Type: Article

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