Evolutionary consequences of habitat fragmentation: Population size and density affect selection on inflorescence size in a perennial herb

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 417-428

  Weber, Anne ^a   Kolb, Annette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Floral display size; Flowering phenology; Phenotypic selection; Phyteuma spicatum; Pollination; Seed production

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FITNESS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HERB; LINEARITY; PERENNIAL PLANT; PHENOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SIZE; SEED PRODUCTION; SELECTION; SELF INCOMPATIBILITY;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PHYTEUMA SPICATUM;

EID: 79951952830     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-010-9430-1     Document Type: Article

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