Habitat and sex specific differences in the dioecious weed Acetosella vulgaris (Polygonaceae)

Austral Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 396-403

  Pickering, Catherine Marina ^a   Kirkwood, Andrew ^a   Arthur, J Michael ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alpine; Kosciuszko National Park; Sexual selection theory

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; DIOECY; HABITAT; REPRODUCTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; WEED;

AUSTRALIA;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; POLYGONACEAE; RUMEX ACETOSELLA;

EID: 0042239488     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2003.01297.x     Document Type: Article

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