Experimental floral and inflorescence trait manipulations affect pollinator preference and function in a hummingbird-pollinated plant

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 275-282

  Dudash, Michele R ^a,b   Hassler, Cynthia ^b   Stevens, Peter M ^b,c   Fenster, Charles B ^a,b  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Male fitness; Male reproductive success; Pollination syndromes; Selection; Silene virginica; Trait manipulation

Indexed keywords

BIRD; FITNESS; HERB; HERMAPHRODITE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; ORNITHOPHILY; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATOR; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SELECTION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIRD; COLOR; EVOLUTION; FLOWER; FLUORESCENCE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; INFLORESCENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLLEN; POLLINATION; SILENE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIRDS; COLOR; FLOWERS; FLUORESCENCE; GENETIC VARIATION; INFLORESCENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLLEN; POLLINATION; SELECTION, GENETIC; SILENE;

ARCHILOCHUS; ARCHILOCHUS COLUBRIS; SILENE; SILENE VIRGINICA; TROCHILIDAE;

EID: 79851491152     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1000350     Document Type: Article

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