Floral morphology mediates temporal variation in the mating system of a self-compatible plant

Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1540-1548

  Eckert, Christopher G ^a   Ozimec, Barbara ^a   Herlihy, Christopher R ^a,b   Griffin, Celine A ^a   Routley, Matthew B ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquilegia canadensis; Floral morphology; Herkogamy; Inbreeding; Mating system variation; Outcrossing; Population size; Self fertilization; Temporal variation

Indexed keywords

AUTOGAMY; DICOTYLEDON; FLORAL TRAIT; INBREEDING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; OUTCROSSING; POPULATION SIZE; SELF INCOMPATIBILITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AQUILEGIA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FLOWER; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

AQUILEGIA; FLOWERS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

AQUILEGIA; AQUILEGIA CANADENSIS;

EID: 67449156118     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-1063.1     Document Type: Article

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