Pollinators exert natural selection on flower size and floral display in Penstemon digitalis

New Phytologist

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 393-402

  Parachnowitsch, Amy L ^a   Kessler, André ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Floral display; Flower size; Natural selection; Penstemon digitalis; Pollinators

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FITNESS; FLORAL TRAIT; FLOWER; HERB; NATURAL SELECTION; PERENNIAL PLANT; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FLOWER; GENETIC SELECTION; HISTOLOGY; ORGAN SIZE; PENSTEMON; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; POLLEN; POLLINATION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT;

ANIMALS; FLOWERS; ORGAN SIZE; PENSTEMON; PIGMENTATION; POLLEN; POLLINATION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SELECTION, GENETIC;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PENSTEMON; PENSTEMON DIGITALIS;

EID: 77957129654     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03410.x     Document Type: Article

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