Table 1. Equations used to quantify components of reproductive isolation.
Barrier | Equation for calculating RI |
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Prezygotic | |
Geographic | 1 – (no. of counties in which the species co-occur/no. of counties in which the species occurs) |
Phenology | 1 – (no. of days in which both species are in flower at the same time/no. total flowering days for the species) |
Pollinator assemblage | 1 – (flower visits by shared pollinators/total number of flower visits) |
Pollinator behavior | 1 – (no. of flower visits by pollinators coming from the respective other species/total no. of flower visits) |
Postzygotic | |
Pollen precedence | 1 – (the ration of pollen tube length to the total length of the style from interspecific/the ration from intraspecific pollination) |
Seed production | 1 – (no. of seeds per interspecific/no. seeds per intraspecific pollination) |
Seed germination | (1 – no. of germinated seeds resulting from interspecific pollination/no. germinated seeds resulting from intraspecific pollination) |
Each RI value was generally varying from 0 to 1, with 0 representing no barrier to inter-specific gene flow and 1 representing a complete barrier.