Sexual differences in biomass and nutrient allocation of first-year Silene dioica plants

Oecologia

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 453-460

  Hemborg, Åsa M ^a   Karlsson, P Staffan ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ABISKO SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH STATION   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dioecy; Irretrievable resource; Nutrient allocation; Reproductive effort; Resource economy

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; NUTRIENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

SILENE DIOICA;

EID: 0032941664     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050748     Document Type: Article

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