Female reproductive success decreases with display size in monkshood, Aconitum kusnezoffii (Ranunculaceae) | Zendy

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Female reproductive success decreases with display size in monkshood, Aconitum kusnezoffii (Ranunculaceae)

Author(s) -

WanJin Liao,

Yi Hu,

Bi-Ru Zhu,

Xia-Qing Zhao,

Yanfei Zeng,

DaYong Zhang

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

annals of botany

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.567

H-Index - 176

eISSN - 1095-8290

pISSN - 0305-7364

DOI - 10.1093/aob/mcp237

Subject(s) - biology , inbreeding depression , selfing , pollination , self pollination , pollinator , botany , phenology , reproductive success , hand pollination , pollen , horticulture , inbreeding , population , demography , sociology

Reduction in female fitness in large clones can occur as a result of increased geitonogamous self-fertilization and its influence through inbreeding depression. This possibility was investigated in the self-compatible, bee-pollinated perennial herb Aconitum kusnezoffii which varies in clone size.

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