The relationship between the pollen-ovule ratio and pollen size: Another comparative test of a sex allocation hypothesis

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1145-1161

  Götzenberger, Lars ^a   Durka, Walter ^a   Kühn, Ingolf ^a   Klotz, Stefan ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Comparative analysis; Mating system; Pollen size; Pollen ovule ratio; Sex allocation

Indexed keywords

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 36448951150     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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