Trade-offs between sexual and clonal reproduction in an aquatic plant: Experimental manipulations vs. phenotypic correlations

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 581-592

  Thompson, F L ^a   Eckert, C G ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Butomus umbellatus; Clonal reproduction; Cost of reproduction; Flowering rush; Plants; Reproductive allocation; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

AQUATIC PLANT; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; EVOLUTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEX ALLOCATION; TRADE-OFF;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; REPRODUCTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGIOSPERMS; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; FRESH WATER; ONTARIO; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTION; SEEDS;

BUTOMUS UMBELLATUS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 2342448067     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2004.00701.x     Document Type: Article

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