Sex-related spatial segregation and growth in a dioecious conifer along environmental gradients in northwestern Patagonia

Ecoscience

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-80

  Nuñez, Cecilia I ^a   Nuñez, Martín A ^b   Kitzberger, Thomas ^a  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Austrocedrus chilensis; Cupressaceae; Dioecy; Nahuel Huapi National Park; Sex differential growth; Spatial segregation of the sexes

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DIOECY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; GROWTH RESPONSE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARGENTINA; NAHUEL HUAPI NATIONAL PARK; PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

AUSTROCEDRUS; AUSTROCEDRUS CHILENSIS; CONIFEROPHYTA; CUPRESSACEAE;

EID: 42149129566     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2980/1195-6860(2008)15[73:SSSAGI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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