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fitness compensation

Scope: evolution
Papers: 1 | Mentions: 1

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Knowledge graph centered on fitness compensation with 33 nodes and 113 connections. Top connected: Hummingbird, Bombus, Ipomopsis, Ligusticum porteri, I. aggregata.

Definition

The need for females in gynodioecious species to compensate for their loss of male function through increased female fitness

Related Terms (1)

female fitness advantage

Publications (1)

student_paper

The effects of floral traits on the behaviors of pollinators and pre-dispersal seed predators in a gynodioecious species, <i>Polemonium foliosissimum</i>.

2012framework

Related Concepts (4)

compensatory herbivory

hypothesis1 shared paper

pollinator foraging behavior

process1 shared paper

flower sex phases

measurement1 shared paper

gynodioecy

phenomenon1 shared paper

Frequently Associated Species

Polemonium foliosissimum

Polemoniaceae1 paper

Hummingbird

1 paper

Rushes

1 paper

Polemonium viscosum

Polemoniaceae1 paper

Ligusticum porteri

Apiaceae1 paper

Ipomopsis aggregata

Polemoniaceae1 paper

Bombus

Apidae1 paper

Osmia

Megachilidae1 paper

Osmiini

Megachilidae1 paper

Geranium richardsonii

Geraniaceae1 paper