Male and female Silene latifolia plants differ in per-contact risk of infection by a sexually transmitted disease

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 99-109

  Kaltz, Oliver ^a,b,c   Shykoff, Jacqui A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flower life span; Mating behaviour; Microbotryum violaceum; Sexual selection; Sexually transmitted disease

Indexed keywords

DAY LENGTH; FEMALE; FLOWERING; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GLASSHOUSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LONGEVITY; MALE; MATING; PHYSICOCHEMICAL CONCEPTS; PLANT DISEASE; POLLINATION; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIMULATION;

FLOWERING; FUNGAL DISEASE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PLANT COMMUNITY; POLLINATOR; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

EID: 0034924302     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2001.00527.x     Document Type: Article

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