Floral Morphology, Phenology and Pollination in the Wet Tropics

Title
Floral Morphology, Phenology and Pollination in the Wet Tropics
Publication Date
2008
Author(s)
Boulter, Sarah, L.
Kitching, Roger, L.
Gross, Caroline Lucie
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8014-1548
Email: cgross@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:cgross
Goodall, Kylie, L.
Howlett, Bradley, G.
Editor
Editor(s): Stork, Nigel. E. and Turton, Stephen. M.
Type of document
Book Chapter
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Place of publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
Edition
1
UNE publication id
une:2628
Abstract
The reproductive ecology of most flowering plant species is a complex response to evolutionary processes that exist between a plant and its visitor array (Wyatt 1983; Dukas 2001), phylogenetic constraints (Johnson & Steiner 2000), phenotypic plasticity (Rathcke and Lacey 1985; Miller & Diggle 2003) and how these factors may have changed over its evolutionary history (Feinsinger 1983). Ultimately these are expressed in the form of flower morphology, flowering phenology and the attraction of associated flower visitors. A plant's fitness depends upon its reproductive success, particularly in allogamous matings; thus pollination becomes of paramount importance within the wider field of floral biology.
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Citation
Living in a Dynamic Tropical Forest Landscape, p. 224-239
ISBN
9781405156431
Start page
224
End page
239

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