Different cost of reproduction for the males and females of the rare dioecious shrub Corema conradii (Empetraceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 659-666

  Rocheleau, Anne Françoise ^a   Houle, Gilles ^a  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autocorrelation; Coastal dunes; Corema conradii; Dioecy; les de la Madeleine; Moran's I; Reproductive cost; Reproductive investment; Sex ratio; Spatial pattern analysis; Spatial segregation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001767718     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2657066     Document Type: Article

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