The harmful effects of close inbreeding have been noticed for many centuries (34, 35, 165).
With the rise of Mendelian genetics, it was realized that the main genetic consequence of …

The measurement of fitness is critical to biological research. Although the determination of
fitness for some organisms may be relatively straightforward under controlled conditions, it is …

Bateman's principle states that male fitness is usually limited by the number of matings
achieved, while female fitness is usually limited by the resources available for reproduction …

Despite its practical application in conservation biology and evolutionary theory, the cost of
inbreeding in natural populations of plants and animals remains to a large degree unknown …

On the average, nectar-collecting bumble bees deposited 0.6% of the pollen removed from
the flowers of Erythronium grandiflorum (Liliaceae) onto the stigmas of subsequently visited …

Plant traits that increase pollinator visitation should be under strong selection. However, few
studies have demonstrated a causal link between natural variation in attractive traits and …

'Department of Ecology and Evolution, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York
11794 USA. effectiveness as pollinators (eg, Schemske and Horvitz 1984, 1988, Herrera …

The effects of corolla size, pollen production, and pollinator visitation frequency on pollen
removal (an estimate of male reproductive success) and pollen deposition and seed …

Although a great deal of research on ornamental geophytes has been conducted since the
beginning of the 1990s, current information has not been comprehensively presented to …

Realized paternity should decelerate with increased allocation of resources to male function
for hermaphroditic plants. If these diminishing returns result from the pollination process …