Effects of seed size, inbreeding and maternal sex on offspring fitness in gynodioecious Plantago coronopus

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 373-383

  Koelewijn, Hans Peter ^a   Van Damme, Jos M M ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Compensation; Flowering; Germination; Growth analysis; Inbreeding depression; Male sterility; Maternal sex; Seed size; Sex ratio; Spatial variation

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; GYNODIOECY; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; SEED SIZE;

CORONOPUS; PLANTAGO; PLANTAGO CORONOPUS;

EID: 16844371366     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2004.00940.x     Document Type: Article

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