Selection for later flowering time in an orchid through frost damage and pollinator activity
Beat A. Wartmann, Ruth Bänziger, Gyorog-Kobi Brigitte, H. Klaus, Edith Merz, Juerg Luder, Beat Peter, Max Reutlinger, Tobias Richter, Heinz Senn, Thomas Ulrich, Beate Waldeck, Claudia Wartmann, Roland Wüest, Walter Wüest, , Florian P. Schiestl
This study quantifies selection for later flowering in an orchid, finding strong selection due to frost damage and weak selection due to pollinator activity, with no evidence of increasing desynchronization from climate change.
bioRxiv · Feb 14, 2024 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology