Ecological differentiation of combined and separate sexes of Wurmbea dioica (Colchicaceae) in sympatry

Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 2601-2616

  Case, A L ^a   Barrett, S C H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon isotope ratios; Cosexuality; Geophyte; Habitat specialization; Leaf nitrogen content; Plant gender; Resource allocation; Sexual systems; Sympatry; Unisexuality; Water limitation; Wurmbea dioica

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; DIMORPHISM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SOIL MOISTURE; SYMPATRY;

AUSTRALIA; DARLING ESCARPMENT; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

COLCHICACEAE; GENETTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; WURMBEA DIOICA;

EID: 0034799869     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2679939     Document Type: Article

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