Does the trade-off between growth and reproduction select for female-biased sexual allocation in cosexual plants?

Evolution

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1204-1207

  Sakai, Satoki ^a   Harada, Yasushi ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Evolutionarily stable strategy; Female biased sexual allocation; Hermaphroditic plants; Reproductive phenology

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; PLANT; REPRODUCTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 0031691691     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1998.tb01846.x     Document Type: Article

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