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. 2016 Aug 4;6(17):6223–6244. doi: 10.1002/ece3.2293

Table 3.

Strengths of reproductive barriers between Primula elatior and Primula vulgaris for distribution (ecogeographic: RIecogeo), flowering (phenology of parents: RIphenoP), pollen transfer (mechanical: RImech), F1 seedling formation (seed developmental isolation: RIseedling), F1 survivorship (RIsurvivorship), and F1 reproduction, subdivided into phenology (RIphenoF1), flower production (RIflower), seed set (RIseed set), and male sterility (RImale). The combined strength of individual barriers is presented for all premating barriers (RIpre), all postmating barriers (RIpost), all pre‐ and postmating barriers (RItot), and all barriers occurring under sympatry (RIsympatry). RIvalues range from one (complete isolation: no interspecific gene flow) through zero (no isolation: equal probability of intra‐ and interspecific gene flow) to minus one (no isolation: all gene flow is interspecific; Sobel and Chen 2014)

Stages in life cycle Barrier name P. elatior P. vulgaris
L‐morph S‐morph L‐morph S‐morph
Premating Distribution RIecogeo 0.827 0.590
Flowering RIphenoP 0.237 0.417
Pollen transfer RImech a 0.100 −0.273 0.158 −0.136
Postmating Formation of F1 hybrids RIseedling a 0.282 0.184 0.789 0.393
Survivorship of F1 hybrids RIsurvivorship b 0.054 −0.097
Reproduction of F1 hybrids RIphenoF1 b −0.046 −0.136
RIflower b −0.125 −0.194
RIseed set a , b −0.116 0.092 0.223 0.317
RImale a , b −0.088 −0.123 0.378 0.008
Total Premating RIpre a 0.881 0.812 0.799 0.728
Postmating RIpost a −0.034 0.036 0.851 0.311
Pre‐ and postmating RItot a 0.873 0.843 0.982 0.847
Pre‐ and postmating without RIecogeo RIsympatry a 0.283 0.065 0.949 0.587

L, long styled and S, short styled.

a

RI was calculated separately for long‐ and short‐styled morphs, using the pollen‐receiving morph as reference.

b

Averages across RI‐values of the two F1 hybrid classes (EL × VU and VU × EL hybrids; see Figures S5–S9).