The ecology of sex expression in a gynodioecious Israeli desert shrub (Ochradenus Baccatus)

Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 101-110

  Wolfe, Lorne M ^a   Shmida, Avi ^b  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dioecy; Gender; Germination; Gynodioecy; Hermaphrodite; Inbreeding depression; Inconstant males; Israeli deserts; Ochradenus baccatus; Reproductive compensation; Sex ratios

Indexed keywords

DESERT SHRUB; DIOECY; GYNODIOECY; REPRODUCTION; SEX EXPRESSION; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

ISRAEL;

OCHRADENUS BACCATUS;

EID: 0030741728     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1997)078[0101:teosei]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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