Exposure to water increased pollen longevity of pondweed (Potamogeton spp.) indicates different mechanisms ensuring pollination success of angiosperms in aquatic habitat

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 939-953

  Zhang, Xiao lin ^a,b   Gituru, Robert W ^c   Yang, Chun feng ^a,d   Guo, You hao ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^c JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Kenya)

^d Wuhan Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Half life; Pollen longevity; Pondweed; Potamogeton; Selective pressure

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AQUATIC PLANT; DESICCATION; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HALF LIFE; HERB; LONGEVITY; POLLINATION; PRESSURE EFFECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL SELECTION; TAXONOMY; WEED;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; POTAMOGETON;

EID: 77953871286     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-010-9351-z     Document Type: Article

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