Relationships between flowering phenology, plant size, and female reproductive output in a dioecious shrub, Ilex leucoclada (Aquifoliaceae)

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 84, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1860-1869

  Torimaru, Takeshi ^a   Tomaru, Nobuhiro ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dioecy; Flowering phenology; Fruit set; Patch; Plant size; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; FORESTRY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

DIOECY; FLOWERING PHENOLOGY; FRUIT SETS; PLANT SIZE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CLIMATE EFFECT; DIOECY; FEMALE; FLOWERING; FRUIT SET; PHENOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SHRUB; SIZE EFFECT;

FORESTRY; METEOROLOGY; PLANTS; PRECIPITATION;

AQUIFOLIACEAE; FAGUS; ILEX; ILEX LEUCOCLADA;

EID: 34249784424     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B06-129     Document Type: Article

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