Positive effects of flower abundance and synchronous flowering on pollination success, and pollinia dispersal in rewardless Changnienia amoena (Orchidaceae)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 477-488

  Sun, Hai Qin ^a   Alexandersson, Ronny ^b,c   Ge, Song ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Phenotypic selection; Population density; Selection coefficient; Synchronous flowering

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DISPERSAL; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; MONOCOTYLEDON; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION SIZE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SYNCHRONY;

CHANGNIENIA AMOENA; ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 76449097505     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2009.01369.x     Document Type: Article

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