Gender-specific floral and physiological traits: Implications for the maintenance of females in gynodioecious Lobelia siphilitica

Oecologia

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 524-531

  Caruso, Christina M ^a,c   Maherali, Hafiz ^b,c   Jackson, Robert B ^b  

^a GRINNELL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flower size; Photosynthesis; Plant gender; Plant mating systems; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

FLORAL TRAIT; GYNODIOECY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEED PRODUCTION;

LOBELIA; LOBELIA SIPHILITICA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0038581844     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-003-1199-2     Document Type: Article

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