Pollen performance and sex-ratio evolution in a dioecious plant

Evolution

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1028-1036

  Taylor, Douglas R ^c   Saur, Meaghan J ^a,b   Adams, Erika ^b,c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Paternity; Pollen competition; Sex ratio; Silene

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; DIOECY; EVOLUTION; POLLEN; SEX RATIO;

EMBRYOPHYTA; SILENE; SILENE ALBA; SILENE LATIFOLIA SUBSP. ALBA;

EID: 0032882654     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1999.tb04518.x     Document Type: Article

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