Sex-biased seed predation and the maintenance of females in a gynodioecious plant

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1437-1443

  Marshall, Melanie ^a,b   Ganders, Fred R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Bureau of Land Management   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthonomus melancholicus; Breeding system; Curculionidae; Gynodioecy; Malvaceae; Predispersal seed predator; Sidalcea hendersonii

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013118970     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3558451     Document Type: Article

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