Costs of reproduction as related to the timing of phenological phases in the dioecious shrub Pistacia lentiscus L.

Plant Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 103-111

  Milla, R ^a   Castro Diez P ^b   Maestro Martinez M ^a   Montserrat Marti G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Costs of reproduction; Nitrogen; Phenology; Phosphorus; Pistacia lentiscus; Potassium; Vegetative growth

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; PHENOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SHRUB; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; FLOWER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PISTACHIO; PLANT; REPRODUCTION; TIME;

BIOMASS; FLOWERS; PISTACIA; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; REPRODUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

PISTACIA LENTISCUS;

EID: 31644448484     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-872890     Document Type: Article

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