Survival costs and reproductive benefits of floral display in a sexually dimorphic dioecious shrub, Leucadendron xanthoconus

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-18

  Bond, William J ^a   Maze, Kristal E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Dioecy; Plants; Proteaceae; Sexual dimorphism; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

FLOWERING; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION; SHRUB;

LEUCADENDRON XANTHOCONUS;

EID: 0032782157     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006581412580     Document Type: Article

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