Size-dependent sex allocation in a monocarpic perennial herb, Cardiocrinum cordatum (Liliaceae)

Plant Ecology

Volumn 194, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 99-107

  Cao, Guo Xing ^a   Kudo, Gaku ^b  

^a SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gamete production; Light availability; Monocarpic hermaphrodite; Plant size; Pollination; Seed production

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; FLOWER VISITING; GAMETE; HERB; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; PERENNIAL PLANT; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEED PRODUCTION; SEX ALLOCATION; SIZE EFFECT;

ANIMALIA; CARDIOCRINUM CORDATUM; LILIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 36448945061     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-007-9277-x     Document Type: Article

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