Sexual dimorphism in flower size

American Naturalist

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 299-320

  Delph, Lynda F ^a   Galloway, Laura F ^b,c   Stanton, Maureen L ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; COROLLA;

FLOWER SIZE; PERIANTH; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

EID: 0029663389     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/285926     Document Type: Article

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