Implications of a long-term, pollinator-mediated selection on floral traits in a generalist herb

Annals of Botany

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 689-701

  Sánchez Lafuente, Alfonso M ^a   Parra, Raquel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Conflicting selection; Flower size; Generalist pollination; Long term selection; Paeonia broteroi; Seed production

Indexed keywords

FLOWER VISITING; FLOWERING; GERMINATION; HERB; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; SEED BANK; SEED PRODUCTION; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SELECTION; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FLOWER; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; INSECT; ORGAN SIZE; PAEONIA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POLLINATION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SEASON; SEEDLING; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ANIMALS; FLOWERS; GERMINATION; INSECTS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LINEAR MODELS; ORGAN SIZE; PAEONIA; POLLINATION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SEASONS; SEEDLING; SEEDS; SELECTION (GENETICS); TIME FACTORS;

HEXAPODA; PAEONIA; PAEONIA BROTERI;

EID: 69249221384     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcp140     Document Type: Article

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