Pollinator, herbivore, and climatic selective pressures differ across a floral color transition zone
Although less-pigmented plants produced more flowers, this relationship did not translate to higher reproductive success, suggesting an ecological trade-off of pigmentation may drive the observed floral color pattern. Our findings underscore how complex ecological interactions may shape floral trait divergence and highlight the importance of integrating biotic and abiotic factors to understand the evolution of phenotypic variation.
Authors
- Sierra Jaeger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3041-0049)
- Eric LoPresti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5622-0278)
- Andrea E. Berardi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6827-0774)
- Birgit Harter
- A. Darby
- Thomas D. Buchloh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-9807-8538)
Institutions
- Oklahoma State University (US)
- James Madison University (US)
- University of Vienna (AT)
- University of South Carolina Sumter (US)
- Hochschule Campus Wien (AT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- American Journal of Botany
- Published
- 2025-12-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.70142
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Plant and animal studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.03