The natural history of pollination and mating in bird-pollinated Babiana (Iridaceae)

Annals of Botany

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 667-679

  De Waal, Caroli ^a   Anderson, Bruce ^b   Barrett, Spencer C H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Babiana; bird perch; floral variation; mating; pollen limitation; relaxed selection; sunbird pollination

Indexed keywords

ISOENZYME;

ALLOZYME; AUTOGAMY; BIRD; CORRELATION; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FLORAL TRAIT; FLOWER; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MONOCOTYLEDON; OUTCROSSING; POLLEN LIMITATION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEED SET; SELF INCOMPATIBILITY;

ANIMAL; BIRD; CROSS BREEDING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOWER; GENETICS; INBREEDING; IRIDACEAE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SELF-INCOMPATIBILITY (PLANT); SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CROSSES, GENETIC; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOWERS; INBREEDING; IRIDACEAE; ISOENZYMES; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTION; SEEDS; SELF-INCOMPATIBILITY IN FLOWERING PLANTS; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

AVES; BABIANA; IRIDACEAE;

EID: 84857466340     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcr172     Document Type: Review

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