The cost of realized sexual reproduction: Assessing patterns of reproductive allocation and sporophyte abortion in a desert moss

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1599-1608

  Stark, Lloyd R ^a   Mishler, Brent D ^b   Mcletchie, D Nicholas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allocation; Bryophyte; Cost of sex; Cryptogamic crust; Desert; Haploid dioecy; Sex ratios; Sporophyte abortion; Syntrichia caninervis

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; MOSS; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION;

SYNTRICHIA CANINERVIS;

EID: 0033666266     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2656736     Document Type: Article

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