Seed provisioning within holly fruits: Test of the hierarchical model

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 133-144

  Obeso, José Ramón ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Endocarp; Endosperm; Parent offspring conflict; Sib hierarchy; Sibling rivalry

Indexed keywords

PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEED;

ILEX; ILEX AQUIFOLIUM;

EID: 1942487670     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EVEC.0000021137.74661.82     Document Type: Article

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