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Reproductive Biology

Current Issue: May 1 2008; 95 (5) [Table of Contents]

There are no Reproductive Biology papers in the current issue.
Past Issues:
Shosei Kubota, Yoshiaki Kameyama, Akira S. Hirao, and Masashi Ohara
Adaptive significance of self-fertilization in a hermaphroditic perennial, Trillium camschatcense (Melanthiaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2008. 95: 482-489. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

M{a} Luisa Buide
Disentangling the causes of intrainflorescence variation in floral traits and fecundity in the hermaphrodite Silene acutifolia
Am. J. Bot. 2008. 95: 490-497. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Kathryn A. Hodgins and Spencer C. H. Barrett
Geographic variation in floral morphology and style-morph ratios in a sexually polymorphic daffodil
Am. J. Bot. 2008. 95: 185-195. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Daolin Du, James A. Winsor, Matthew Smith, Andrew DeNicco, and Andrew G. Stephenson
Resistance and tolerance to herbivory changes with inbreeding and ontogeny in a wild gourd (Cucurbitaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2008. 95: 84-92. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]

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Am. J. Bot. 2007. 94: i-i. [Full Text]

Philip J. Taylor, Sarah M. Eppley, and Linley K. Jesson
Sporophytic inbreeding depression in mosses occurs in a species with separate sexes but not in a species with combined sexes
Am. J. Bot. 2007. 94: 1853-1859. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Charles F. Williams
Effects of floral display size and biparental inbreeding on outcrossing rates in Delphinium barbeyi (Ranunculaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2007. 94: 1696-1705. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jill S. Miller and Pamela K. Diggle
Correlated evolution of fruit size and sexual expression in andromonoecious Solanum sections Acanthophora and Lasiocarpa (Solanaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2007. 94: 1706-1715. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Stephen G. Weller, Ann K. Sakai, Theresa M. Culley, Diane R. Campbell, Paul Ngo, and Amy K. Dunbar-Wallis
Sexually dimorphic inflorescence traits in a wind-pollinated species: heritabilities and genetic correlations in Schiedea adamantis (Caryophyllaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2007. 94: 1716-1725. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Brian C. Barringer
Polyploidy and self-fertilization in flowering plants
Am. J. Bot. 2007. 94: 1527-1533. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]

Jennifer J. Weber and Carol Goodwillie
Timing of self-compatibility, flower longevity, and potential for male outcross success in Leptosiphon jepsonii (Polemoniaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2007. 94: 1338-1343. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Isabel Marques, Antonia Rossello-Graell, David Draper, and Jose M. Iriondo
Pollination patterns limit hybridization between two sympatric species of Narcissus (Amaryllidaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2007. 94: 1352-1359. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Joelle Lyew, Ziru Li, Yuan Liang-Chen, Luo Yi-bo, and Tammy L. Sage
Pollen tube growth in association with a dry-type stigmatic transmitting tissue and extragynoecial compitum in the basal angiosperm Kadsura longipedunculata (Schisandraceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2007. 94: 1170-1182. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Asa Lankinen, W. Scott Armbruster, and Liv Antonsen
Delayed stigma receptivity in Collinsia heterophylla (Plantaginaceae): genetic variation and adaptive significance in relation to pollen competition, delayed self-pollination, and mating-system evolution
Am. J. Bot. 2007. 94: 1183-1192. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Shu-Mei Chang
Gender-specific inbreeding depression in a gynodioecious plant, Geranium maculatum (Geraniaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2007. 94: 1193-1204. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Stephen G. Weller, Cesar A. Dominguez, Francisco E. Molina-Freaner, Juan Fornoni, and Gretchen LeBuhn
The evolution of distyly from tristyly in populations of Oxalis alpina (Oxalidaceae) in the Sky Islands of the Sonoran Desert
Am. J. Bot. 2007. 94: 972-985. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Luis G. Quintanilla, Lucia de Soto, Ares Jimenez, and Marcos Mendez
Do antheridiogens act via gametophyte size? A study of Woodwardia radicans (Blechnaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2007. 94: 986-990. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]

Makiko Mimura and Sally N. Aitken
Increased selfing and decreased effective pollen donor number in peripheral relative to central populations in Picea sitchensis (Pinaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2007. 94: 991-998. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Karl J. Niklas and Thomas E. Marler
Carica papaya (Caricaceae): a case study into the effects of domestication on plant vegetative growth and reproduction
Am. J. Bot. 2007. 94: 999-1002. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Carly A. Greenway and Lawrence D. Harder
Variation in ovule and seed size and associated size–number trade-offs in angiosperms
Am. J. Bot. 2007. 94: 840-846. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Masumi Kono and Hiroshi Tobe
Is Cycas revoluta (Cycadaceae) wind- or insect-pollinated?
Am. J. Bot. 2007. 94: 847-855. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Dino J. Martins and Steven D. Johnson
Hawkmoth pollination of aerangoid orchids in Kenya, with special reference to nectar sugar concentration gradients in the floral spurs
Am. J. Bot. 2007. 94: 650-659. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ian A. Zelaya, Micheal D. K. Owen, and Mark J. VanGessel
Transfer of glyphosate resistance: evidence of hybridization in Conyza (Asteraceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2007. 94: 660-673. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]

Jane E. Carlson
Male-biased nectar production in a protandrous herb matches predictions of sexual selection theory in plants
Am. J. Bot. 2007. 94: 674-682. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gecele M. Paggi, Clarisse Palma-Silva, Lucas C. T. Silveira, Eliane Kaltchuk-Santos, Maria H. Bodanese-Zanettini, and Fernanda Bered
Fertility of Vriesea gigantea Gaud. (Bromeliaceae) in southern Brazil
Am. J. Bot. 2007. 94: 683-689. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Diane L. Marshall, Jerusha Reynolds, Nathan J. Abrahamson, Heather L. Simpson, Melanie G. Barnes, Juliana S. Medeiros, Sharon Walsh, Diana M. Oliveras, and Joy J. Avritt
Do differences in plant and flower age change mating patterns and alter offspring fitness in Raphanus sativus (Brassicaceae)?
Am. J. Bot. 2007. 94: 409-418. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jose J. Fumero-Caban and Elvia J. Melendez-Ackerman
Relative pollination effectiveness of floral visitors of Pitcairnia angustifolia (Bromeliaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2007. 94: 419-424. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

John B. Pascarella
Mechanisms of prezygotic reproductive isolation between two sympatric species, Gelsemium rankinii and G. sempervirens (Gelsemiaceae), in the southeastern United States
Am. J. Bot. 2007. 94: 468-476. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

C. L. Gross and H. A. R. Caddy
Are differences in breeding mechanisms and fertility among populations contributing to rarity in Grevillea rhizomatosa (Proteaceae)?
Am. J. Bot. 2006. 93: 1791-1799. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Charles B. Fenster, George Cheely, Michele R. Dudash, and Richard J. Reynolds
Nectar reward and advertisement in hummingbird-pollinated Silene virginica (Caryophyllaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2006. 93: 1800-1807. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gidi Ne'eman, Rina Ne'eman, and Aaron M. Ellison
Limits to reproductive success of Sarracenia purpurea (Sarraceniaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2006. 93: 1660-1666. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Abraham J. Miller-Rushing, Richard B. Primack, Daniel Primack, and Sharda Mukunda
Photographs and herbarium specimens as tools to document phenological changes in response to global warming
Am. J. Bot. 2006. 93: 1667-1674. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ethel Arias-Coyotl, Kathryn E. Stoner, and Alejandro Casas
Effectiveness of bats as pollinators of Stenocereus stellatus (Cactaceae) in wild, managed in situ, and cultivated populations in La Mixteca Baja, central Mexico
Am. J. Bot. 2006. 93: 1675-1683. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Kathryn M. Flinn
Reproductive biology of three fern species may contribute to differential colonization success in post-agricultural forests
Am. J. Bot. 2006. 93: 1289-1294. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gregory J. Anderson, Gabriel Bernardello, Matthew R. Opel, Arnoldo Santos-Guerra, and Mona Anderson
Reproductive biology of the dioecious Canary Islands endemic Withania aristata (Solanaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2006. 93: 1295-1305. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jeffrey D. Karron, Randall J. Mitchell, and John M. Bell
Multiple pollinator visits to Mimulus ringens (Phrymaceae) flowers increase mate number and seed set within fruits
Am. J. Bot. 2006. 93: 1306-1312. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Irene Bisang, Johan Ehrlen, and Lars Hedenas
Reproductive effort and costs of reproduction do not explain female-biased sex ratios in the moss Pseudocalliergon trifarium (Amblystegiaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2006. 93: 1313-1319. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Tomoyuki Itagaki and Satoki Sakai
Relationship between floral longevity and sex allocation among flowers within inflorescences in Aquilegia buergeriana var. oxysepala (Ranunculaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2006. 93: 1320-1327. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Shoko Sakai, Rhett D. Harrison, Kuniyasu Momose, Koichiro Kuraji, Hidetoshi Nagamasu, Tetsuzo Yasunari, Lucy Chong, and Tohru Nakashizuka
Irregular droughts trigger mass flowering in aseasonal tropical forests in asia
Am. J. Bot. 2006. 93: 1134-1139. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Fernanda Perez, Mary T. K. Arroyo, Rodrigo Medel, and Mark A. Hershkovitz
Ancestral reconstruction of flower morphology and pollination systems in Schizanthus (Solanaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2006. 93: 1029-1038. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

George Aldridge and Diane R. Campbell
Asymmetrical pollen success in Ipomopsis (Polemoniaceae) contact sites
Am. J. Bot. 2006. 93: 903-909. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Adam O. Brown and Jeremy N. McNeil
Fruit production in cranberry (Ericaceae: Vaccinium macrocarpon): a bet-hedging strategy to optimize reproductive effort
Am. J. Bot. 2006. 93: 910-916. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Anton Pauw
Floral syndromes accurately predict pollination by a specialized oil-collecting bee (Rediviva peringueyi, Melittidae) in a guild of South African orchids (Coryciinae)
Am. J. Bot. 2006. 93: 917-926. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Nadilia N. Gomez and Ruth G. Shaw
Inbreeding effect on male and female fertility and inheritance of male sterility in Nemophila menziesii (Hydrophyllaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2006. 93: 739-746. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Carlos M. Herrera, Ricardo Perez, and Conchita Alonso
Extreme intraplant variation in nectar sugar composition in an insect-pollinated perennial herb
Am. J. Bot. 2006. 93: 575-581. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Phillip T. Crawford and Wayne J. Elisens
Genetic variation and reproductive system among North American species of Nuttallanthus (Plantaginaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2006. 93: 582-591. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Judy L. Stone, Miruna A. Sasuclark, and Chris P. Blomberg
Variation in the self-incompatibility response within and among populations of the tropical shrub Witheringia solanacea (Solanaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2006. 93: 592-598. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Regina Berjano, Clara de Vega, Montserrat Arista, Pedro L. Ortiz, and Salvador Talavera
A multi-year study of factors affecting fruit production in Aristolochia paucinervis (Aristolochiaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2006. 93: 599-606. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Deborah L Marr and Michelle L Marshall
The role of fungal pathogens in flower size and seed mass variation in three species of Hydrophyllum (Hydrophyllaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2006. 93: 389-398. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Naoko Kitamoto, Saneyoshi Ueno, Akio Takenaka, Yoshihiko Tsumura, Izumi Washitani, and Ryo Ohsawa
Effect of flowering phenology on pollen flow distance and the consequences for spatial genetic structure within a population of Primula sieboldii (Primulaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2006. 93: 226-233. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Maria Angeles Ortiz, Salvador Talavera, Juan Luis Garcia-Castano, Karin Tremetsberger, Tod Stuessy, Francisco Balao, and Ramon Casimiro-Soriguer
Self-incompatibility and floral parameters in Hypochaeris sect. Hypochaeris (Asteraceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2006. 93: 234-244. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Carl W Weekley and Amanda Brothers
Failure of reproductive assurance in the chasmogamous flowers of Polygala lewtonii (Polygalaceae), an endangered sandhill herb
Am. J. Bot. 2006. 93: 245-253. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Tammy L Sage, Mary V Price, and Nickolas M Waser
Self-sterility in Ipomopsis aggregata (Polemoniaceae) is due to prezygotic ovule degeneration
Am. J. Bot. 2006. 93: 254-262. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Shu-Mei Chang
Female compensation through the quantity and quality of progeny in a gynodioecious plant, Geranium maculatum (Geraniaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2006. 93: 263-270. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Tiffany M Knight, Janette A Steets, and Tia-Lynn Ashman
A quantitative synthesis of pollen supplementation experiments highlights the contribution of resource reallocation to estimates of pollen limitation
Am. J. Bot. 2006. 93: 271-277. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]

Hiroshi Tomimatsu and Masashi Ohara
Evolution of hierarchical floral resource allocation associated with mating system in an animal-pollinated hermaphroditic herb, Trillium camschatcense (Trilliaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2006. 93: 134-141. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Anna R. Waites and Jon Agren
Stigma receptivity and effects of prior self-pollination on seed set in tristylous Lythrum salicaria (Lythraceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2006. 93: 142-147. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Manuela Lopez-Villavicencio, Benjamin J. Genton, E. Porcher, and Jacqui A. Shykoff
The role of pollination level on the reproduction of females and hermaphrodites in the gynodioecious plant Gypsophila repens (Caryophyllaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2005. 92: 1995-2002. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Alata Antonio Suzuki
Reproductive investment in male and female Eurya japonica (Theaceae) at tree and branch levels
Am. J. Bot. 2005. 92: 2003-2009. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Helene Adam, Stefan Jouannic, Jacques Escoute, Yves Duval, Jean-Luc Verdeil, and James W. Tregear
Reproductive developmental complexity in the African oil palm (Elaeis guineensis, Arecaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2005. 92: 1836-1852. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Kaisa Mustajarvi, Pirkko Siikamaki, and Anne Akerberg
Inbreeding depression in perennial Lychnis viscaria (Caryophyllaceae): effects of population mating history and nutrient availability
Am. J. Bot. 2005. 92: 1853-1861. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jannice Friedman and Lawrence D. Harder
Functional associations of floret and inflorescence traits among grass species
Am. J. Bot. 2005. 92: 1862-1870. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Helen M. Hull-Sanders, Micky D. Eubanks, and David E. Carr
Inbreeding depression and selfing rate of Ipomoea hederacea var. integriuscula (Convolvulaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2005. 92: 1871-1877. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Anton Pauw
Inversostyly: a new stylar polymorphism in an oil-secreting plant, Hemimeris racemosa (Scrophulariaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2005. 92: 1878-1886. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Denise H. Cole and Tia-Lynn Ashman
Sexes show differential tolerance to spittlebug damage and consequences of damage for multi-species interactions
Am. J. Bot. 2005. 92: 1708-1713. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

David E. Giblin
Variation in floral longevity between populations of Campanula rotundifolia (Campanulaceae) in response to fitness accrual rate manipulation
Am. J. Bot. 2005. 92: 1714-1722. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Carlos M. Herrera
Post-floral perianth functionality: contribution of persistent sepals to seed development in Helleborus foetidus (Ranunculaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2005. 92: 1486-1491. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Annette M. Golonka, Ann K. Sakai, and Stephen G. Weller
Wind pollination, sexual dimorphism, and changes in floral traits of Schiedea (Caryophyllaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2005. 92: 1492-1502. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jeremiah W. Busch
The evolution of self-compatibility in geographically peripheral populations of Leavenworthia alabamica (Brassicaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2005. 92: 1503-1512. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gloria Matallana, Tania Wendt, Dorothy S. D. Araujo, and Fabio R. Scarano
High abundance of dioecious plants in a tropical coastal vegetation
Am. J. Bot. 2005. 92: 1513-1519. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]

M. Shane Heschel, Neil Hausmann, and Johanna Schmitt
Testing for stress-dependent inbreeding depression in Impatiens capensis (Balsaminaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2005. 92: 1322-1329. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Martha Rocha, Aldo Valera, and Luis E. Eguiarte
Reproductive ecology of five sympatric Agave Littaea (Agavaceae) species in central Mexico
Am. J. Bot. 2005. 92: 1330-1341. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Bruce Anderson, Steven D. Johnson, and Clinton Carbutt
Exploitation of a specialized mutualism by a deceptive orchid
Am. J. Bot. 2005. 92: 1342-1349. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Toru Nishizawa, Yasuyuki Watano, Eiichiro Kinoshita, Takayuki Kawahara, and Kunihiko Ueda
Pollen movement in a natural population of Arisaema serratum (Araceae), a plant with a pitfall-trap flower pollination system
Am. J. Bot. 2005. 92: 1114-1123. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Mark van Kleunen and Steven D. Johnson
Testing for ecological and genetic Allee effects in the invasive shrub Senna didymobotrya (Fabaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2005. 92: 1124-1130. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Elizabeth P. Lacey and David Herr
Phenotypic plasticity, parental effects, and parental care in plants? I. An examination of spike reflectance in Plantago lanceolata (Plantaginaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2005. 92: 920-930. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

L. Irene Terry, Gimme H. Walter, John S. Donaldson, Elizabeth Snow, Paul I. Forster, and Peter J. Machin
Pollination of Australian Macrozamia cycads (Zamiaceae): effectiveness and behavior of specialist vectors in a dependent mutualism
Am. J. Bot. 2005. 92: 931-940. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Randall J. Mitchell, Jeffrey D. Karron, Karsten G. Holmquist, and John M. Bell
Patterns of multiple paternity in fruits of Mimulus ringens (Phrymaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2005. 92: 885-890. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Tia-Lynn Ashman and Emiley A. King
Are flower-visiting ants mutualists or antagonists? A study in a gynodioecious wild strawberry
Am. J. Bot. 2005. 92: 891-895. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Mark A. Chapman, David G. Forbes, and Richard J. Abbott
Pollen competition among two species of Senecio (Asteraceae) that form a hybrid zone on Mt. Etna, Sicily
Am. J. Bot. 2005. 92: 730-735. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jenise M. Snyder and Jennifer H. Richards
Floral phenology and compatibility of sawgrass, Cladium jamaicense (Cyperaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2005. 92: 736-743. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Christopher R. Herlihy and Christopher G. Eckert
Evolution of self-fertilization at geographical range margins? A comparison of demographic, floral, and mating system variables in central vs. peripheral populations of Aquilegia canadensis (Ranunculaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2005. 92: 744-751. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]

Eija Asikainen and Pia Mutikainen
Pollen and resource limitation in a gynodioecious species
Am. J. Bot. 2005. 92: 487-494. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jeremy S. Brown and Christopher G. Eckert
Evolutionary increase in sexual and clonal reproductive capacity during biological invasion in an aquatic plant Butomus umbellatus (Butomaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2005. 92: 495-502. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Carlos N. Ibarra-Cerdena, Luis I. Iniguez-Davalos, and Victor Sanchez-Cordero
Pollination ecology of Stenocereus queretaroensis (Cactaceae), a chiropterophilous columnar cactus, in a tropical dry forest of Mexico
Am. J. Bot. 2005. 92: 503-509. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Eduardo Narbona, Montserrat Arista, and Pedro L. Ortiz
Explosive seed dispersal in two perennial Mediterranean Euphorbia species (Euphorbiaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2005. 92: 510-516. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ling Zhang, Spencer C. H. Barrett, Jiang-Yun Gao, Jin Chen, W. W. Cole, Yong Liu, Zhi-Lin Bai, and Qing-Jun Li
Predicting mating patterns from pollination syndromes: the case of "sapromyiophily" in Tacca chantrieri (Taccaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2005. 92: 517-524. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ricardo Clark-Tapia, Cecilia Alfonso-Corrado, Luis E. Eguiarte, and Francisco Molina-Freaner
Clonal diversity and distribution in Stenocereus eruca (Cactaceae), a narrow endemic cactus of the Sonoran Desert
Am. J. Bot. 2005. 92: 272-278. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Stefan Andersson
Floral costs in Nigella sativa (Ranunculaceae): compensatory responses to perianth removal
Am. J. Bot. 2005. 92: 279-283. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

C. Nelson Hayes, James A. Winsor, and Andrew G. Stephenson
A comparison of male and female responses to inbreeding in Cucurbita pepo subsp. texana (Cucurbitaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2005. 92: 107-115. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Luis F. Rosas, Jessica Perez-Alquicira, and Cesar A. Dominguez
Environmentally induced variation in fecundity compensation in the morph-biased male-sterile distylous shrub Erythroxylum havanense (Erythroxylaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2005. 92: 116-122. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Pamela K. Diggle and Jill S. Miller
Architectural effects mimic floral sexual dimorphism in Solanum (Solanaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2004. 91: 2030-2040. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Susan J. Mazer, Horacio Paz, and Michael D. Bell
Life history, floral development, and mating system in Clarkia xantiana (Onagraceae): do floral and whole-plant rates of development evolve independently?
Am. J. Bot. 2004. 91: 2041-2050. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ikumi Dohzono, Kazuo Suzuki, and Jin Murata
Temporal changes in calyx tube length of Clematis stans (Ranunculaceae): a strategy for pollination by two bumble bee species with different proboscis lengths
Am. J. Bot. 2004. 91: 2051-2059. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Nan C. Vance, Peter Bernhardt, and Retha M. Edens
Pollination and seed production in Xerophyllum tenax (Melanthiaceae) in the Cascade Range of central Oregon
Am. J. Bot. 2004. 91: 2060-2068. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Amy E. Boyd
Breeding system of Macromeria viridiflora (Boraginaceae) and geographic variation in pollinator assemblages
Am. J. Bot. 2004. 91: 1809-1813. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Makoto Kato and Atsushi Kawakita
Plant-pollinator interactions in New Caledonia influenced by introduced honey bees
Am. J. Bot. 2004. 91: 1814-1827. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Matthew H. Collier and Steven H. Rogstad
Clonal variation in floral stage timing in the common dandelion Taraxacum officinale (Asteraceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2004. 91: 1828-1833. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Atsushi Kawakita and Makoto Kato
Obligate pollination mutualism in Breynia (Phyllanthaceae): further documentation of pollination mutualism involving Epicephala moths (Gracillariidae)
Am. J. Bot. 2004. 91: 1319-1325. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Matthew B. Routley, Paul Kron, and Brian C. Husband
The consequences of clone size for paternal and maternal success in domestic apple (Malus x domestica)
Am. J. Bot. 2004. 91: 1326-1332. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

F. Xavier Pico, N. Joop Ouborg, and Jan M. Van Groenendael
Evaluation of the extent of among-family variation in inbreeding depression in the perennial herb Scabiosa columbaria (Dipsacaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2004. 91: 1183-1189. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jean-Claude Caissard, Aroonrat Meekijjironenroj, Sylvie Baudino, and Marie-Charlotte Anstett
Localization of production and emission of pollinator attractant on whole leaves of Chamaerops humilis (Arecaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2004. 91: 1190-1199. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Amy L. Parachnowitsch and Elizabeth Elle
Variation in sex allocation and male–female trade-offs in six populations of Collinsia parviflora (Scrophulariaceae s.l.)
Am. J. Bot. 2004. 91: 1200-1207. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Janette A. Steets and Tia-Lynn Ashman
Herbivory alters the expression of a mixed-mating system
Am. J. Bot. 2004. 91: 1046-1051. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Juan Francisco Ornelas, Leonor Jimenez, Clementina Gonzalez, and Angelica Hernandez
Reproductive ecology of distylous Palicourea Padifolia (Rubiaceae) in a tropical montane cloud forest. I. Hummingbirds' effectiveness as pollen vectors
Am. J. Bot. 2004. 91: 1052-1060. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Juan Francisco Ornelas, Clementina Gonzalez, Leonor Jimenez, Carlos Lara, and Armando J. Martinez
Reproductive ecology of distylous Palicourea padifolia (Rubiaceae) in a tropical montane cloud forest. II. Attracting and rewarding mutualistic and antagonistic visitors
Am. J. Bot. 2004. 91: 1061-1069. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Alfonso Valiente-Banuet, Francisco Molina-Freaner, Alfonso Torres, Maria del Coro Arizmendi, and Alejandro Casas
Geographic differentiation in the pollination system of the columnar cactus Pachycereus pecten -aboriginum
Am. J. Bot. 2004. 91: 850-855. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Akiyo Naiki and Hidetoshi Nagamasu
Correlation between distyly and ploidy level in Damnacanthus (Rubiaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2004. 91: 664-671. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]

Sheila K. Schueller
Self-pollination in island and mainland populations of the introduced hummingbird-pollinated plant, Nicotiana glauca (Solanaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2004. 91: 672-681. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

A. Hedhly, J. I. Hormaza, and M. Herrero
Effect of temperature on pollen tube kinetics and dynamics in sweet cherry, Prunus avium (Rosaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2004. 91: 558-564. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Atsushi Kawakita and Makoto Kato
Evolution of obligate pollination mutualism in New Caledonian Phyllanthus (Euphorbiaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2004. 91: 410-415. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jennifer M. Rhode and J. Emmett Duffy
Seed production from the mixed mating system of Chesapeake Bay (USA) eelgrass (Zostera marina; Zosteraceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2004. 91: 192-197. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gabriel Bernardello, Ramiro Aguilar, and Gregory J. Anderson
The reproductive biology of Sophora fernandeziana (Leguminosae), a vulnerable endemic species from Isla Robinson Crusoe
Am. J. Bot. 2004. 91: 198-206. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jennifer A. Tate and Beryl B. Simpson
Breeding system evolution in Tarasa (Malvaceae) and selection for reduced pollen grain size in the polyploid species
Am. J. Bot. 2004. 91: 207-213. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gary J. Houliston and Hazel M. Chapman
Reproductive strategy and population variability in the facultative apomict Hieracium pilosella (Asteraceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2004. 91: 37-44. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Lynda F. Delph
Testing for sex differences in biparental inbreeding and its consequences in a gynodioecious species
Am. J. Bot. 2004. 91: 45-51. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Pati Vitt, Kent E. Holsinger, and Cynthia S. Jones
Local differentiation and plasticity in size and sex expression in jack-in-the-pulpit, Arisaema triphyllum (Araceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2003. 90: 1729-1735. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Sara V. Good-Avila, Thomas Nagel, Donna W. Vogler, and Andrew G. Stephenson
Effects of inbreeding on male function and self-fertility in the partially self-incompatible herb Campanula rapunculoides (Campanulaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2003. 90: 1736-1745. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Matthew S. Finer and Martin T. Morgan
Effects of natural rates of geitonogamy on fruit set in Asclepias speciosa (Apocynaceae): evidence favoring the plant's dilemma
Am. J. Bot. 2003. 90: 1746-1750. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Takashi Y. Ida and Gaku Kudo
Floral color change in Weigela middendorffiana (Caprifoliaceae): reduction of geitonogamous pollination by bumble bees
Am. J. Bot. 2003. 90: 1751-1757. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Marieken G. M. Shaner and Diane L. Marshall
Under how wide a set of conditions will nonrandom mating occur in Raphanus sativus (Brassicaceae)?
Am. J. Bot. 2003. 90: 1604-1611. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

E. Cayenne Engel and Rebecca E. Irwin
Linking pollinator visitation rate and pollen receipt
Am. J. Bot. 2003. 90: 1612-1618. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

James H. Cane and Daniel Schiffhauer
Dose-response relationships between pollination and fruiting refine pollinator comparisons for cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon [Ericaceae])
Am. J. Bot. 2003. 90: 1425-1432. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Tetsuya Kasagi and Gaku Kudo
Variations in bumble bee preference and pollen limitation among neighboring populations: comparisons between Phyllodoce caerulea and Phyllodoce aleutica (Ericaceae) along snowmelt gradients
Am. J. Bot. 2003. 90: 1321-1327. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Beverly J. Rathcke
Floral longevity and reproductive assurance: seasonal patterns and an experimental test with Kalmia latifolia (Ericaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2003. 90: 1328-1332. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Christina M. Caruso, S. Brook Peterson, and Caroline E. Ridley
Natural selection on floral traits of Lobelia (Lobeliaceae): spatial and temporal variation
Am. J. Bot. 2003. 90: 1333-1340. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Michael S. Lott, John C. Volin, Robert W. Pemberton, and Daniel F. Austin
The reproductive biology of the invasive ferns Lygodium microphyllum and L. japonicum (Schizaeaceae): implications for invasive potential
Am. J. Bot. 2003. 90: 1144-1152. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Shin-Ichi Morinaga, Kazuki Tsuji, and Satoki Sakai
Consequences of differences in flowering date on seed production in Heloniopsis orientalis (Liliaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2003. 90: 1153-1158. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Hyesoon Kang and Kamaljit S. Bawa
Effects of successional status, habit, sexual systems, and pollinators on flowering patterns in tropical rain forest trees
Am. J. Bot. 2003. 90: 865-876. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Kamaljit S. Bawa, Hyesoon Kang, and Michael H. Grayum
Relationships among time, frequency, and duration of flowering in tropical rain forest trees
Am. J. Bot. 2003. 90: 877-887. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Elizabeth Elle and Robert Carney
Reproductive assurance varies with flower size in Collinsia parviflora (Scrophulariaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2003. 90: 888-896. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jill S. Miller and Pamela K. Diggle
Diversification of andromonoecy in Solanum section Lasiocarpa (Solanaceae): the roles of phenotypic plasticity and architecture
Am. J. Bot. 2003. 90: 707-715. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Myriam Gaudeul and Irene Till-Bottraud
Low selfing in a mass-flowering, endangered perennial, Eryngium alpinum L. (Apiaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2003. 90: 716-723. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Candace Galen and Maureen L. Stanton
Sunny-side up: flower heliotropism as a source of parental environmental effects on pollen quality and performance in the snow buttercup, Ranunculus adoneus (Ranunculaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2003. 90: 724-729. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Carine L. Collin and Jacqui A. Shykoff
Outcrossing rates in the gynomonoecious-gynodioecious species Dianthus sylvestris (Caryophyllaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2003. 90: 579-585. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]

Jennifer Forman and Richard V. Kesseli
Sexual reproduction in the invasive species Fallopia japonica (Polygonaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2003. 90: 586-592. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Adriana Otero-Arnaiz, Alejandro Casas, Carmen Bartolo, Edgar Perez-Negron, and Alfonso Valiente-Banuet
Evolution of Polaskia chichipe (Cactaceae) under domestication in the Tehuacán Valley, central Mexico: reproductive biology
Am. J. Bot. 2003. 90: 593-602. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

J. C. Lopez-Almansa, J. R. Pannell, and L. Gil
Female sterility in Ulmus minor (Ulmaceae): a hypothesis invoking the cost of sex in a clonal plant
Am. J. Bot. 2003. 90: 603-609. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Takashi Miyake and Masako Yafuso
Floral scents affect reproductive success in fly-pollinated Alocasia odora (Araceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2003. 90: 370-376. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Arturo Silva-Montellano and Luis E. Eguiarte
Geographic patterns in the reproductive ecology of Agave lechuguilla (Agavaceae) in the Chihuahuan desert. I. Floral characteristics, visitors, and fecundity
Am. J. Bot. 2003. 90: 377-387. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Christopher T. Ivey, Pocholo Martinez, and Robert Wyatt
Variation in pollinator effectiveness in swamp milkweed, Asclepias incarnata (Apocynaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2003. 90: 214-225. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]

Eija Asikainen and Pia Mutikainen
Female frequency and relative fitness of females and hermaphrodites in gynodioecious Geranium sylvaticum (Geraniaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2003. 90: 226-234. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Lisa E. Wallace
The cost of inbreeding in Platanthera leucophaea (Orchidaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2003. 90: 235-242. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Javier Sanzol, Pilar Rallo, and Maria Herrero
Asynchronous development of stigmatic receptivity in the pear (Pyrus communis; Rosaceae) flower
Am. J. Bot. 2003. 90: 78-84. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jill S. Miller and D. Lawrence Venable
The transition to gender dimorphism on an evolutionary background of self-incompatibility: an example from Lycium (Solanaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2002. 89: 1907-1915. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jette T. Knudsen
Variation in floral scent composition within and between populations of Geonoma macrostachys (Arecaceae) in the western Amazon
Am. J. Bot. 2002. 89: 1772-1778. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Tetsuya Kondo, Nori Okubo, Taku Miura, Kazushige Honda, and Yukio Ishikawa
Ecophysiology of seed germination in Erythronium japonicum (Liliaceae) with underdeveloped embryos
Am. J. Bot. 2002. 89: 1779-1784. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Carlos M. Herrera
Censusing natural microgametophyte populations: variable spatial mosaics and extreme fine-graininess in winter-flowering Helleborus foetidus (Ranunculaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2002. 89: 1570-1578. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ann Smithson
The consequences of rewardlessness in orchids: reward-supplementation experiments with Anacamptis morio (Orchidaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2002. 89: 1579-1587. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Michael W. Langenberger and Arthur R. Davis
Temporal changes in floral nectar production, reabsorption, and composition associated with dichogamy in annual caraway (Carum carvi; Apiaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2002. 89: 1588-1598. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Shuang-Quan Huang, Yoshitaka Takahashi, and Amots Dafni
Why does the flower stalk of Pulsatilla cernua (Ranunculaceae) bend during anthesis?
Am. J. Bot. 2002. 89: 1599-1603. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Lara I. Strittmatter, Vivian Negron-Ortiz, and R. James Hickey
Subdioecy in Consolea spinosissima (Cactaceae): breeding system and embryological studies
Am. J. Bot. 2002. 89: 1373-1387. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Helen J. Young and Lauren Gravitz
The effects of stigma age on receptivity in Silene alba (Caryophyllaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2002. 89: 1237-1241. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Juan Arroyo, Spencer C. H. Barrett, Rosario Hidalgo, and William W. Cole
Evolutionary maintenance of stigma-height dimorphism in Narcissus papyraceus (Amaryllidaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2002. 89: 1242-1249. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Melanie Paschke, Clemens Abs, and Bernhard Schmid
Effects of population size and pollen diversity on reproductive success and offspring size in the narrow endemic Cochlearia bavarica (Brassicaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2002. 89: 1250-1259. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Alfonso M. Sanchez-Lafuente
Floral variation in the generalist perennial herb Paeonia broteroi (Paeoniaceae): differences between regions with different pollinators and herbivores
Am. J. Bot. 2002. 89: 1260-1269. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Lissa M. Leege and Lorne M. Wolfe
Do floral herbivores respond to variation in flower characteristics in Gelsemium sempervirens (Loganiaceae), a distylous vine?
Am. J. Bot. 2002. 89: 1270-1274. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Atsushi Kawakita and Makoto Kato
Floral biology and unique pollination system of root holoparasites, Balanophora kuroiwai and B. tobiracola (Balanophoraceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2002. 89: 1164-1170. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Elena Torres, Jose M. Iriondo, and Cesar Perez
Vulnerability and determinants of reproductive success in the narrow endemic Antirrhinum microphyllum (Scrophulariaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2002. 89: 1171-1179. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]

Maile C. Neel
Conservation implications of the reproductive ecology of Agalinis acuta (Scrophulariaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2002. 89: 972-980. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jennifer A. Schweitzer, Gregory D. Martinsen, and Thomas G. Whitham
Cottonwood hybrids gain fitness traits of both parents: a mechanism for theirlong-term persistence?
Am. J. Bot. 2002. 89: 981-990. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gregg Dieringer and Leticia Cabrera R
The interaction between pollinator size and the bristle staminode of Penstemon digitalis (Scrophulariaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2002. 89: 991-997. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Laurelin Evanhoe and Laura F. Galloway
Floral longevity in Campanula americana (Campanulaceae): a comparison of morphological and functional gender phases
Am. J. Bot. 2002. 89: 587-591. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Linda Fuselier and Nicholas McLetchie
Maintenance of sexually dimorphic preadult traits in Marchantia inflexa (Marchantiacae)
Am. J. Bot. 2002. 89: 592-601. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Marianne B. Smith, Reid G. Palmer, and Harry T. Horner
Microscopy of a cytoplasmic male-sterile soybean from an interspecific cross between Glycine max and G. soja (Leguminosae)
Am. J. Bot. 2002. 89: 417-426. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Cintia P. Souto, Marcelo A. Aizen, and Andrea C. Premoli
Effects of crossing distance and genetic relatedness on pollen performance in Alstroemeria aurea (Alstroemeriaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2002. 89: 427-432. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Helen J. Young
Diurnal and nocturnal pollination of Silene alba (Caryophyllaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2002. 89: 433-440. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Hiroshi S. Ishii and Satoki Sakai
Temporal variation in floral display size and individual floral sex allocation in racemes of Narthecium asiaticum (Liliaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2002. 89: 441-446. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Richard F. Kopp, Charles A. Maynard, Patricia Rocha de Niella, Lawrence B. Smart, and Lawrence P. Abrahamson
Collection and storage of pollen from Salix (Salicaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2002. 89: 248-252. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Linley K. Jesson and Spencer C. H. Barrett
Enantiostyly in Wachendorfia (Haemodoraceae): the influence of reproductive systems on the maintenance of the polymorphism
Am. J. Bot. 2002. 89: 253-262. [Abstract]