Individual variation, gametophytic competition and style length: Does size affect paternity?

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 729-745

  Travers, Steven E ^a   Shea, Katriona ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flower morphology; Gametophytic competition; Sexual selection; Style length

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042818388     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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