Stylidium armeria 24 claims

Claim · model-written summary

Allocation to male function increased across the flowering season in Stylidium armeria.

Taxon

Stylidium armeriaStylidium armeriae0

Outcome

allocation to male functione1

Direction

increasede1

Setting

across the seasone1

Verbatim

e0

“We examined the flowering phenology of protandrous Stylidium armeria”

e1

“there was a general pattern of increased allocation to male function across the season”

Claim · model-written summary

Early flowers on the earliest plants had the highest pollen/ovule ratio.

Taxon

Stylidium armeriaStylidium armeriae0

Material

earliest plantse2

Organ / stage

early flowerse2

Outcome

pollen/ovule ratioe2

Direction

higheste2

Verbatim

e0

“We examined the flowering phenology of protandrous Stylidium armeria”

e2

“early flowers on the earliest plants had the highest pollen/ovule ratio”

Claim · model-written summary

A small number of early flowering female plants increased the probability of pollen transfer from early staminate-phase flowers.

Taxon

Stylidium armeriaStylidium armeriae0

Material

early flowering female plantse3

Outcome

probability of pollen transfere3

Direction

increasinge3

Verbatim

e0

“We examined the flowering phenology of protandrous Stylidium armeria”

e3

“had a small number of early flowering female plants, increasing the probability of pollen transfer”

Claim · model-written summary

Fruit set was significantly influenced by the ratio of staminate to pistillate flowers in the population.

Taxon

Stylidium armeriaStylidium armeriae0

Treatment

ratio of staminate/pistillate flowerse4

Outcome

Fruit sete4

Not reportedDirection

Verbatim

e0

“We examined the flowering phenology of protandrous Stylidium armeria”

e4

“Fruit set was significantly influenced by the ratio of staminate/pistillate flowers in the population”

Claim · model-written summary

Plants flowering earlier than the main population tended to have higher female fitness.

Taxon

Stylidium armeriaStylidium armeriae0

Outcome

female fitnesse5

Direction

higherinferrede5

Comparator

main populatione5

Verbatim

e0

“We examined the flowering phenology of protandrous Stylidium armeria”

e5

“plants flowering earlier than the main population tended to have high female fitness”

Claim · model-written summary

Low probability of pollen transfer may select for, or maintain, early flowering females in protandrous populations (authors suggest).

Taxon

Stylidium armeriaStylidium armeriae0

Outcome

early flowering femalese6

Qualifier

the low probability of pollen transfere7

Verbatim

e0

“We examined the flowering phenology of protandrous Stylidium armeria”

e6

“may select for, or maintain, early flowering females”

e7

“the low probability of pollen transfer”

Claim · model-written summary

Most plants showed a decline in ovule and seed number toward the distal positions on the raceme.

Taxon

Stylidium armeriaStylidium armeriat0

Organ / stage

racemee1

Outcome

ovule and seed numbere1

Direction

declinee1

Verbatim

e1

“Most plants showed a decline in ovule and seed number toward the distal positions on the raceme”

t0

“inflorescences of Stylidium armeria”

Claim · model-written summary

Racemes with greater basal fruit investment showed a stronger trade-off with distal investment than racemes with smaller initial investment.

Taxon

Stylidium armeriaStylidium armeriat0

Material

racemes with greater investment in basal fruitse2

Outcome

trade-off with distal investmente2

Direction

strongere2

Comparator

racemes that made smaller initial investmentse2

Verbatim

e2

“racemes with greater investment in basal fruits displayed a stronger trade-off with distal investment than did racemes that made smaller initial investments”

t0

“inflorescences of Stylidium armeria”

Claim · model-written summary

The trade-off was much stronger for ovule number than for seed number.

Taxon

Stylidium armeriaStylidium armeriat0

Outcome

trade-offe3

Direction

much strongere3

Qualifier

for ovule numbere3

Comparator

seed numbere3

Verbatim

e3

“This trade-off was (a) much stronger for ovule number than for seed number, (b) ameliorated but not erased by resource addition, and (c) exacerbated by resource reduction”

t0

“inflorescences of Stylidium armeria”

Claim · model-written summary

Resource addition ameliorated but did not erase the trade-off between distal and basal fruit investment.

Taxon

Stylidium armeriaStylidium armeriat0

Treatment

resource additione3

Outcome

trade-offe3

Direction

amelioratede3

Qualifier

but not erasede3

Not reportedComparator

Verbatim

e3

“This trade-off was (a) much stronger for ovule number than for seed number, (b) ameliorated but not erased by resource addition, and (c) exacerbated by resource reduction”

t0

“inflorescences of Stylidium armeria”