The adaptive accuracy of flowers: Measurement and microevolutionary patterns

Annals of Botany

Volumn 103, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1529-1545

  Scott Armbruster, W ^a,b,c   Hansen, Thomas F ^d   Pélabon, Christophe ^c   Pérez Barrales, Rocío ^a   Maad, Johanne ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Adaptive accuracy; Collinsia; Dalechampia; fitness; floral precision; Linum; optimality; pollination; Stylidium

Indexed keywords

COLLINSIA; DALECHAMPIA; LINUM; STYLIDIUM;

ADAPTATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; FLOWER; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; POLLINATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FLOWERS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLLEN; POLLINATION;

EID: 67650763003     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcp095     Document Type: Article

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