Stabilizing selection for within-season flowering phenology confirms pollen limitation in a wind-pollinated tree

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 758-763

  Koenig, Walter D ^a,b   Funk, Kyle A ^c   Kraft, Thomas S ^d   Carmen, William J ^e   Barringer, Brian C ^a,f   Knops, Johannes M H ^c  

^a Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^d Dartmouth College   (United States)

^e Pennsylvania State University ^*  (United States)

^f PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acorn production; Herbivory; Mast fruiting; Phenology; Pollen limitation; Quercus lobata; Reproductive ecology; Wind pollination

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS TREE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FITNESS; FLOWERING; HERBIVORY; PHENOLOGY; POLLEN; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEASON; SELECTION; STABILIZATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

FAGACEAE; QUERCUS LOBATA;

EID: 84859727712     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2011.01941.x     Document Type: Article

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