The development, physiological, neural, and genetical causes and consequences of frequency-dependent selection in the wild
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The roles of frequency-dependent selection (FDS) in coadaptation and coevolutionary change are outlined. Ecosystem dynamics and stability are governed by three-way interactions that arise from FDS among three interactors, owing to homologous sets of the rules elaborated for mating system and social system evolution.
Publication Name: Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
Subject: Environmental issues
ISSN: 1543-592X
Year: 2006
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The evolutionary enigma of mixed mating systems in plants: Occurrence, theoretical explanations, and empirical evidence
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The occurrence, theoretical explanations and empirical evidence for mixed mating systems in plants are presented. The studies suggest that future progress would come from a better integration of studies of floral mechanisms, genetics, and ecology, and recognition of how selective pressures vary in space and time.
Publication Name: Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
Subject: Environmental issues
ISSN: 1543-592X
Year: 2005
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Pollen limitation of plant reproduction: Pattern and process
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A study to examine the correlates of pollen limitation in an effort to understand its occurrence and importance in plant evolutionary ecology is presented. The magnitude of pollen limitation observed in natural populations depends on both historical constraints and contemporary ecological factors.
Publication Name: Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
Subject: Environmental issues
ISSN: 1543-592X
Year: 2005
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