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 …

Estimates of inbreeding depression obtained from the literature were used to evaluate the
association between inbreeding depression and the degree of self‐fertilization in natural …

Most ecologists are not card-carrying members of either individualistic or interdependent
guilds, but our perception of plant community organization, and the way we conduct …

Since the first edition of this book published in 2005, there has been an immense amount of
new and fascinating work on the history, ecology, and evolution of the Mediterranean flora …

The ecological significance of spacing among plants in contributing to the maintenance of
species richness, particularly in tropical forests, has received considerable attention that has …

Hermaphroditic individuals can produce both selfed and outcrossed progeny, termed mixed
mating. General theory predicts that mixed‐mating populations should evolve quickly toward …

The influence of population density on pollinator movements and outcrossing rates was
studied in experimental arrays of Mimulus ringens (square-stemmed monkeyflower), a …

Models for the maintenance of females in gynodioecious species are reviewed. Some new
results are given concerning digenic models and models of cytoplasmic inheritance with …

The existence of sexuality in plants was not widely accepted in scientific circles until
Linnaeus produced his sexual system of plant classification in 1735 in which he also …

The present study shows that correlations exist between chemotype polymorphism, sexual
polymorphism and the environment. These correlations fall into three categories: 1. a fairly …