Meta-analysis of phenotypic selection on flowering phenology suggests that early flowering plants are favoured

Ecology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 511-521

  Munguía Rosas, Miguel A ^a,b   Ollerton, Jeff ^b   Parra Tabla, Victor ^a   De Nova, J Arturo ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Flowering phenology; Flowering synchrony; Flowering time; Mutualisms; Natural selection; Phenotypic selection

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA SET; FITNESS; GLOBAL CLIMATE; LATITUDE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LONGEVITY; META-ANALYSIS; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENETICS; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 79953899256     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01601.x     Document Type: Review

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