Widespread functional androdioecy in Mercurialis annua L. (Euphorbiaceae)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 95-116

  Pannell, John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Baker's Law; Dioecy; Gynodioecy; Mating system; Mediterranean; Reproductive assurance; Sex ratio; Wind pollination

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; MERCURIALIS ANNUA;

EID: 0030970302     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1996.0117     Document Type: Article

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