Consequences of sexually dimorphic timing of emergence and flowering in Silene latifolia

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 397-404

  Purrington, Colin B ^a,b   Schmitt, Johanna ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergence time; Flowering time; Selection analysis; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

DIMORPHISM; FERTILIZATION; FLOWERING; PHENOTYPIC SELECTION; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURES; SEX RATIO;

EMERGENCE; FLOWERING; MORTALITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL DIMPROHISM;

SILENE LATIFOLIA;

EID: 0031841429     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.1998.00262.x     Document Type: Article

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