Jon Ågren
Professor at Department of Ecology and Genetics; Plant Ecology and Evolution
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 28 60
- Mobile phone:
- +46 70 643 63 64
- E-mail:
- Jon.Agren@ebc.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Evolutionsbiologiskt Centrum (EBC)
Norbyvägen 18 D - Postal address:
- Norbyvägen 18 D
752 36 UPPSALA

Publications
Recent publications
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Part of Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences, 2026
- DOI for The role of secondary pollinators in the evolution of complex colour signals in a bimodal pollination system
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Part of Ecology Letters, 2026
- DOI for Testing a General Theory for Optimal Flowering Time in Deciduous Perennial Plants as a Function of Growing Season Length
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Part of Ecology, 2025
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Museum Genomics Reveals Temporal Genetic Stasis and Global Genetic Diversity in Arabidopsis thaliana
Part of Molecular Ecology, 2025
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Part of Oikos, 2025
- DOI for Positive indirect effects outweigh negative direct effects of ungulate grazers on population growth of a grassland herb
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All publications
Articles in journal
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Part of Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences, 2026
- DOI for The role of secondary pollinators in the evolution of complex colour signals in a bimodal pollination system
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Part of Ecology Letters, 2026
- DOI for Testing a General Theory for Optimal Flowering Time in Deciduous Perennial Plants as a Function of Growing Season Length
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Part of Ecology, 2025
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Museum Genomics Reveals Temporal Genetic Stasis and Global Genetic Diversity in Arabidopsis thaliana
Part of Molecular Ecology, 2025
- DOI for Museum Genomics Reveals Temporal Genetic Stasis and Global Genetic Diversity in Arabidopsis thaliana
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Part of Oikos, 2025
- DOI for Positive indirect effects outweigh negative direct effects of ungulate grazers on population growth of a grassland herb
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Part of Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 2024
- DOI for Determining oviposition preferences to inform population reinforcement of the specialist chequered blue butterfly (Scolitantides orion)
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Part of Biology Letters, 2024
- DOI for Adaptation to soil type contributes little to local adaptation in an Italian and a Swedish ecotype of Arabidopsis thaliana on contrasting soils
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Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2024
- DOI for A large-effect fitness trade-off across environments is explained by a single mutation affecting cold acclimation
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Part of Evolution, p. 1019-1030, 2023
- DOI for Differences in mating system and predicted parental conflict affect post-pollination reproductive isolation in a flowering plant
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Ecological genetics of local adaptation in Arabidopsis: An 8‐year field experiment
Part of Molecular Ecology, p. 4570-4583, 2023
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Reply to: Re-evaluating evidence for adaptive mutation rate variation
Part of Nature, 2023
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Evolvability and trait function predict phenotypic divergence of plant populations
Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2023
- DOI for Evolvability and trait function predict phenotypic divergence of plant populations
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Adaptation of perennial flowering phenology across the European range of Arabis alpina
Part of Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences, 2023
- DOI for Adaptation of perennial flowering phenology across the European range of Arabis alpina
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Mutation bias reflects natural selection in Arabidopsis thaliana
Part of Nature, p. 101-105, 2022
- DOI for Mutation bias reflects natural selection in Arabidopsis thaliana
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Effects of primary seed dormancy on lifetime fitness of Arabidopsis thaliana in the field
Part of Annals of Botany, p. 795-808, 2022
- DOI for Effects of primary seed dormancy on lifetime fitness of Arabidopsis thaliana in the field
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Part of Ecology and Evolution, 2022
- DOI for Seed dormancy varies widely among Arabidopsis thaliana populations both between and within Fennoscandia and Italy
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Part of New Phytologist, p. 608-621, 2022
- DOI for Climate drives rhizosphere microbiome variation and divergent selection between geographically distant Arabidopsis populations
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Life-history trade-offs and the genetic basis of fitness in Arabidopsis thaliana
Part of Molecular Ecology, p. 2846-2858, 2021
- DOI for Life-history trade-offs and the genetic basis of fitness in Arabidopsis thaliana
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Part of Evolution, p. 330-348, 2021
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Mechanisms of Male-Male Interference during Dispersal of Orchid Pollen
Part of American Naturalist, p. 250-265, 2021
- DOI for Mechanisms of Male-Male Interference during Dispersal of Orchid Pollen
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Part of Annals of Botany, p. 737-747, 2021
- DOI for Evolution of floral scent in relation to self-incompatibility and capacity for autonomous self-pollination in the perennial herb Arabis alpina
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Part of Ecology and Evolution, p. 5737-5747, 2020
- DOI for Divergent selection on flowering phenology but not on floral morphology between two closely related orchids
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Part of American Journal of Botany, p. 1518-1526, 2020
- DOI for Strong stabilizing selection on timing of germination in a Mediterranean population of Arabidopsis thaliana
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Part of Evolution, p. 597-609, 2020
- DOI for Manipulation of trait expression and pollination regime reveals the adaptive significance of spur length
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Root microbiota assembly and adaptive differentiation among European Arabidopsis populations
Part of Nature Ecology & Evolution, p. 122-131, 2020
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Heterosis is common and inbreeding depression absent in natural populations of Arabidopsis thaliana
Part of Journal of Evolutionary Biology, p. 592-603, 2019
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Part of Ecology and Evolution, p. 1191-1201, 2019
- DOI for The independent and combined effects of floral traits distinguishing two pollination ecotypes of a moth-pollinated orchid
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Conflicting selection on floral scent emission in the orchid Gymnadenia conopsea
Part of New Phytologist, p. 2009-2022, 2019
- DOI for Conflicting selection on floral scent emission in the orchid Gymnadenia conopsea
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Pollinators, herbivores, and the evolution of floral traits
Part of Science, p. 122-123, 2019
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Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, p. 5028-5033, 2018
- DOI for Combining population genomics and fitness QTLs to identify the genetics of local adaptation in Arabidopsis thaliana
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Demography and mating system shape the genome-wide impact of purifying selection in Arabis alpina
Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, p. 816-821, 2018
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Specificity in Arabidopsis thaliana recruitment of root fungal communities from soil and rhizosphere
Part of Fungal Biology, p. 231-240, 2018
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Part of Annals of Botany, p. 711-721, 2018
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Part of Ecology, p. 2167-2175, 2018
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Part of Molecular Ecology, p. 2498-2511, 2018
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Resource- and pollinator-mediated selection on floral traits
Part of Functional Ecology, p. 135-141, 2017
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Interaction intensity and pollinator-mediated selection
Part of New Phytologist, p. 1381-1389, 2017
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Part of Evolution, p. 2206-2218, 2017
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Part of Evolution, p. 550-564, 2017
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Strong Maternal Effects on Gene Expression in Arabidopsis lyrata Hybrids
Part of Molecular biology and evolution, p. 984-994, 2016
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Similarity in G matrix structure among natural populations of Arabidopsis lyrata
Part of Evolution, p. 2370-2386, 2016
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Part of Oecologia, p. 1159-1171, 2016
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Part of Evolution, p. 716-724, 2016
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Part of Annals of Botany, p. 249-256, 2016
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Experimental reduction in interaction intensity strongly affects biotic selection
Part of Ecology, p. 3091-3098, 2016
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Early life stages contribute strongly to local adaptation in Arabidopsis thaliana
Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, p. 7590-7595, 2016
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Part of PLOS ONE, 2015
- DOI for Herbivory Differentially Affects Plant Fitness in Three Populations of the Perennial Herb Lythrum salicaria along a Latitudinal Gradient
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Part of New Phytologist, p. 1264-1275, 2015
- DOI for Spatial variation in pollinator-mediated selection on phenology, floral display and spur length in the orchid Gymnadenia conopsea
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Part of Basic and Applied Ecology, p. 120-127, 2015
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Part of Ecology Letters, p. 357-364, 2015
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Part of Ecology, p. 214-221, 2015
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Part of Journal of Evolutionary Biology, p. 576-589, 2015
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Heterosis and outbreeding depression in crosses between natural populations of Arabidopsis thaliana
Part of Heredity, p. 73-82, 2015
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Large-scale adaptive differentiation in the alpine perennial herb Arabis alpina
Part of New Phytologist, p. 459-470, 2015
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Maternal environment affects the genetic basis of seed dormancy in Arabidopsis thaliana
Part of Molecular Ecology, p. 785-797, 2015
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Nonlinear costs of reproduction in a long-lived plant
Part of Journal of Ecology, p. 1205-1213, 2015
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Part of Molecular biology and evolution, p. 2036-2047, 2015
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QTL mapping of freezing tolerance: links to fitness and adaptive trade-offs
Part of Molecular Ecology, p. 4304-4315, 2014
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Part of Molecular Ecology, p. 4291-4303, 2014
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There is More to Pollinator-Mediated Selection than Pollen Limitation
Part of Evolution, p. 1907-1918, 2014
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Part of Journal of Plant Ecology, p. 373-383, 2014
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Conflicting selection on the timing of germination in a natural population of Arabidopsis thaliana
Part of Journal of Evolutionary Biology, p. 193-199, 2014
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Pollinator shifts and the evolution of spur length in the moth-pollinated orchid Platanthera bifolia
Part of Annals of Botany, p. 267-275, 2014
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Part of Ecology, p. 495-504, 2014
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Distance to semi-natural grassland influences seed production of insect-pollinated herbs
Part of Oecologia, p. 199-208, 2014
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Part of Evolution, p. 2876-2888, 2013
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Part of Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, p. 166-176, 2013
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Non-linear relationship between intensity of plant-animal interactions and selection strength
Part of Ecology Letters, p. 198-205, 2013
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Part of Ecology, p. 1236-1242, 2013
- DOI for Vegetation context influences the strength and targets of pollinator-mediated selection in a deceptive orchid
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Genetic mapping of adaptation reveals fitness trade-offs in Arabidopsis thaliana
Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, p. 21077-21087, 2013
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Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, p. 18202-18207, 2013
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Part of PLOS ONE, 2012
- DOI for Magnitude and timing of leaf damage affect seed production in a natural population of Arabidopsis thaliana (Brassicaceae)
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Variation in tolerance to drought among Scandinavian populations of Arabidopsis lyrata
Part of Evolutionary Ecology, p. 559-577, 2012
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Part of New Phytologist, p. 1112-1122, 2012
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Floral display and habitat quality affect cost of reproduction in Primula farinosa
Part of Oikos, p. 1400-1407, 2012
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Part of Ecology, p. 1880-1891, 2012
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Part of Conservation Genetics, p. 1305-1315, 2012
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Part of Oecologia, p. 1033-1042, 2012
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Nonadditive effects of floral display and spur length on reproductive success in a deceptive orchid
Part of Ecology, p. 2167-2174, 2011
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Part of American Journal of Botany, p. 1475-1485, 2011
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Part of Oecologia, p. 461-468, 2011
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Part of New Phytologist, p. 385-392, 2010
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Part of Evolutionary Ecology, p. 715-729, 2010
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Pollinator-Mediated Selection on Floral Display and Spur Length in the Orchid Gymnadenia conopsea
Part of International journal of plant sciences, p. 999-1009, 2010
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Part of Oecologia, p. 99-109, 2010
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Morph-specific selection on floral traits in a polymorphic plant
Part of Journal of Evolutionary Biology, p. 1251-1260, 2010
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Cost of trichome production and resistance to a specialist insect herbivore in Arabidopsis lyrata
Part of Evolutionary Ecology, p. 1307-1319, 2010
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Part of Annales Botanici Fennici, p. 199-207, 2010
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The Scale of Population Structure in Arabidopsis thaliana
Part of PLoS Genetics, 2010
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Cryptic population genetic structure: the number of inferred clusters depends on sample size
Part of Molecular Ecology Resources, p. 314-323, 2010
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Improper excess light energy dissipation in Arabidopsis results in a metabolic reprogramming
Part of BMC Plant Biology, p. 12, 2009
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Part of Evolution, p. 1292-1300, 2009
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Local adaptation in European populations of Arabidopsis lyrata (Brassicaceae)
Part of American Journal of Botany, p. 1129-1137, 2009
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Part of Functional Ecology, p. 1022-1028, 2009
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Relationships between population size and pollen fates in a moth-pollinated orchid
Part of Biology Letters, p. 282-285, 2009
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Part of Oecologia, p. 77-86, 2009
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Mutualists and antagonists mediate frequency-dependent selection on floral display
Part of Ecology, p. 1564-1572, 2008
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Part of Journal of Ecology, p. 334-345, 2008
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Part of Journal of Evolutionary Biology, p. 558-567, 2007
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Part of Molecular Ecology, p. 453-462, 2007
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Part of Oikos, p. 134-142, 2007
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Part of American Journal of Botany, p. 1146-1155, 2007
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Facilitation in an insect pollinated herb with a floral display dimorphism
Part of Ecology, p. 2113-2117, 2006
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Part of Oecologia, p. 225-232, 2006
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Part of New Phytologist, p. 615-621, 2006
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Part of American Journal of Botany, p. 142-147, 2006
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Population size, female fecundity, and sex ratio variation in gynodioecious Plantago maritima
Part of Journal of Evolutionary Biology, p. 825-833, 2006
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Part of Ecological Entomology, p. 284-292, 2005
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Part of Biotropica, p. 148-155, 2004
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Population structure in Arabidopsis lyrata: evidence for divergent selection on trichome production
Part of Evolution, p. 2831-2836, 2004
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Part of Journal of Ecology, p. 512-526, 2004
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Part of Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, p. 803-809, 2004
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Pollination success in a deceptive orchid is enhanced by co-ocurring rewarding magnet plants
Part of Ecology, p. 2919-2927, 2003
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Part of Plant Systematics and Evolution, p. 19-32, 2002
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Part of Journal of Evolutionary Biology, p. 983-996 , 2002
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Pollen limitation, seed predation and scape length in Primula farinosa
Part of Oikos, p. 45-51, 2002
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Rapid Regulation of Light Harvesting and Plant Fitness in the Field.
Part of Science, p. 91-93, 2002
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Genetic basis of trichome production in Arabidopsis lyrata.
Part of Hereditas, p. 219-226, 2002
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Associational resistance: insect damage to purple loosestrife reduced in thickets of sweet gale
Part of Ecology, p. 1784-1794, 2000
Articles, review/survey
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Plant Mating Systems in Small Populations
Part of Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, p. 445-466, 2025
- DOI for Plant Mating Systems in Small Populations
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Part of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences, 2017
Chapters in book
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What Do We Really Know About Adaptation at Range Edges?
Part of ANNUAL REVIEW OF ECOLOGY, EVOLUTION, AND SYSTEMATICS, VOL 51, 2020, p. 341-361, ANNUAL REVIEWS, 2020
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Leaf trichome formation and plant resistance to herbivory
Part of Induced plant resistance to herbivory, p. 89-105, Springer, 2008
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Part of Monteverde, p. 279-281, Oxford University Press, 2000