Are pollinators the agents of selection for the extreme large size and dark color in Oncocyclus irises?

New Phytologist

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 369-377

  Lavi, Renana ^a   Sapir, Yuval ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Iris section Oncocyclus; Night shelter pollination; Phenotypic selection; Pollen limitation; Pollinator mediated selection

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; FLOWER; IRIS PLANT; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; POLLEN; POLLINATION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; FLOWERS; IRIS PLANT; PIGMENTATION; POLLEN; POLLINATION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE;

EID: 84911938080     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12982     Document Type: Article

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