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Geographic consistency and variation in conflicting selection generated by pollinators and seed predators.
Annals of botany - 1 Aug 2016
Sun Shi-Guo, Armbruster W Scott, Huang Shuang-Quan
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BACKGROUNDS AND AIMS: Floral traits that attract pollinators may also attract seed predators, which, in turn, may generate conflicting natural selection on such traits. Although such selection trade-offs are expected to vary geographically, few studies have investigated selection mediated by pollinators and seed predators across a geographic mosaic of environments and floral variation. METHODS: Floral traits were...
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