Sexual allocation in single-flowered hermaphroditic individuals in relation to plant and flower size

Oecologia

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 69-75

  Méndez, Marcos ^a,c   Traveset, Anna ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allocation currency; Ovule packaging; Size dependent sex allocation

Indexed keywords

FLORAL TRAIT; HERMAPHRODITE; SEX ALLOCATION; SIZE EFFECT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FLOWER; HISTOLOGY; PAEONIA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; FLOWERS; PAEONIA; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

ANIMALIA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PAEONIA; PAEONIA CAMBESSEDESII;

EID: 0141726874     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-003-1319-z     Document Type: Article

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