The role of animal pollination in plant speciation: Integrating ecology, geography, and genetics

Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics

Volumn 40, Issue , 2009, Pages 637-656

  Kay, Kathleen M ^a   Sargent, Risa D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Floral isolation; Reproductive isolation; Specialization; Syndromes; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; DIVERGENCE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ISOLATION EFFECT; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; SPECIALIZATION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES DIVERSITY; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMALIA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 77951679234     PISSN: 1543592X     EISSN: 15452069     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.110308.120310     Document Type: Article

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