Pollination context alters female advantage in gynodioecious Silene vulgaris.

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Gynodioecy, the co-occurrence of females and hermaphrodites, is arguably the most common angiosperm gender polymorphism in many florae. Females' ability to invade and persist among hermaphrodites depends, in part, on pollinators providing adequate pollination to females. We directly measured diurnal and nocturnal pollinators' contributions to female and hermaphrodite seed production in artificial populations of...

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