Coevolution is among the most important evolutionary processes that generate biological
diversity. Plant–pollinator interactions play a prominent role in the evolution of reproductive …

Background The remarkable diversity of mating patterns and sexual systems in flowering
plants has fascinated evolutionary biologists for more than a century. Enduring questions …

The diversity of flowering plants is evident in two seemingly unrelated aspects of life history:
sexual reproduction, exemplified by the stunning variation in flower form and function, and …

Understanding the factors that shape macroevolutionary patterns in functional traits is a
central goal of evolutionary biology. Alternative strategies of sexual reproduction (inbreeding …

Mixed‐mating strategies (ie, intermediate levels of self‐fertilization and outcrossing in
hermaphrodites) are relatively common in plants and animals, but why self‐fertilization …

Theory has shown that sterilizing diseases with frequency‐dependent transmission
(characteristics shared by many sexually transmitted diseases) can drive host populations to …

Florivores are antagonists that damage flowers, and have direct negative effects on
flowering and pollination of the attacked plants. While florivory has mainly been studied for …

Consistent differences in the physiological performance of wild populations of closely
related plant taxa may be the result of environmentally induced phenotypic plasticity or …

The ability of plants to respond to natural enemies might depend on the availability of
genetic variation for the optimal phenotypic expression of defence. Selfing can affect the …

While much attention has been paid to the effects of inbreeding on fitness, this has mostly
come from a genetic perspective. Consequently, the interaction between inbreeding and the …