What makes the sex ratio female-biased in the dioecious tree Salix sachalinensis?

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 951-959

  Ueno, Naoto ^a   Suyama, Yoshihisa ^a   Seiwa, Kenji ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

AFLP; Clonality; Dioecy; Growth rate; Mortality rate; Population dynamics; Willow

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DIOECY; FLOWERING; GROWTH RATE; MORTALITY; POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX RATIO; SPATIAL VARIATION;

SALIX; SALIX SACHALINENSIS;

EID: 34547976001     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2007.01269.x     Document Type: Article

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