How a heterostylous plant species responds to life on remote islands: A comparative study of the morphology and reproductive biology of Waltheria ovata on the coasts of Ecuador and the Galápagos Islands

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 83-100

  Bramow, Christina ^a   Hartvig, Ida ^a   Larsen, Signe Brandt ^a   Philipp, Marianne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Distyly; Evolution; Pollination experiments; Reproduction; Waltheria

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEED SET;

ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS;

WALTHERIA;

EID: 84871506848     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-012-9588-9     Document Type: Article

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