Density-dependent regulation of the sex ratio in an annual plant

American Naturalist

Volumn 171, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 824-830

  Dorken, Marcel E ^a,b   Pannell, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Androdioecy; Gynodioecy; Mercurialis annua; Sex allocation; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

ANDRODIOECY; ANNUAL PLANT; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; EVOLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GYNODIOECY; HERMAPHRODITE; POLLEN; POPULATION REGULATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; EUPHORBIA; MOROCCO; PHYSIOLOGY; PORTUGAL; REPRODUCTION;

ENVIRONMENT; EUPHORBIACEAE; MOROCCO; PORTUGAL; REPRODUCTION;

MERCURIALIS ANNUA;

EID: 43949131767     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/587524     Document Type: Article

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