Sex ratio and spatial pattern of males and females in the dioecious sandhill shrub, Ceratiola ericoides ericoides (Empetraceae) Michx

Plant Ecology

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 281-288

  Schmidt, John Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

C. ericoides; Dioecy; Ripley's K; Sandhill; Sex ratio; Spatial segregation of the sexes

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; DIOECY; SEX RATIO; SHRUB; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

CERATIOLA ERICOIDES; ERICACEAE;

EID: 42549086261     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-007-9353-2     Document Type: Article

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