Optimal allocation to vegetative and sexual reproduction in plants: The effect of ramet density

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 265-275

  Olejniczak, Paweł ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NATURE CONSERVATION   (Poland)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Dynamic optimization; Hamiltonian; Ramet; Resource allocation; Seed; Sexual reproduction; Vegetative reproduction

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; RAMET; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; VEGETATIVE REPRODUCTION;

EID: 0141563673     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025572713483     Document Type: Article

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