Female-biased sex allocation in relation to growth rate of fruit in Erythronium japonicum

Oecologia

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 391-395

  Sakai, Satoki ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Erythronium japonicum; Female biased sex allocation; Hermaphroditic plants; Sink limited fruit growth

Indexed keywords

FRUIT; GROWTH RATE; SEX ALLOCATION;

EID: 0032443274     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050672     Document Type: Article

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