Open AccessVariation in the functioning of autonomous self-pollination, pollinator services and floral traits in three Centaurium species
Author(s) -
Rein Brys,
Hans Jacquemyn
Publication year - 2011
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/mcr032
Subject(s) - biology , selfing , pollinator , pollination , self pollination , habitat , outcrossing , ecology , pollen , population , demography , sociology
Reproductive assurance through autonomous selfing is thought to be one of the main advantages of self-fertilization in plants. Floral mechanisms that ensure autonomous seed set are therefore more likely to occur in species that grow in habitats where pollination is scarce and/or unpredictable.
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