Comparative evolution of flower and fruit morphology

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1669, 2009, Pages 2941-2947

  Whitney, Kenneth D ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiosperm radiation; Ecological sorting; Floral character displacement; Frugivory; Pollinator constancy; Seed dispersal and pollination syndromes

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CHARACTER DISPLACEMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FRUGIVORY; PHYLOGENETICS; PLANT; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; SEED DISPERSAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FLORA; FLOWER; FRUIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT MORPHOLOGY; POLLINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMALIA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 68249127598     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.0483     Document Type: Article

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