Sex and population differences in the allometry of an endangered cycad species, Cycas micronesica (Cycadales)

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 169, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 659-665

  Niklas, Karl J ^a   Marler, Thomas E ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUAM   (Guam)

Author keywords

Allometry; Aulacaspis yasumatsui; Cycad conservation; Plant height; Stem diameter

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ANGIOSPERM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; INSECT; JUVENILE; POLLEN; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; STEM;

AULACASPIS; CYCADALES; CYCADOPSIDA; CYCAS; CYCAS MICRONESICA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 45349083665     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/533606     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Clark DB, DA Clark, MH Grayum 1992 Leaf demography of a Neotropical rain forest cycad, Zamia skinneri (Zamiaceae). Am J Bot 79:28-33.
2. Connell SW, PG Ladd 1993 Comparative population biology of the Australian cycads Macrozamia riedlei and M. communis. Pages 89-95 in Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Cycad Biology, Townsville, Australia, July 22-28, 1990.
3. Falster DS, DI Warton, IJ Wright 2003 (S)MATR: standardised major axis tests and routines. Version 1.0. http://www.bio.mq.edu.au/ecology/SMATR.
4. Hill KD, DW Stevenson 2006 World list of cycads. Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney. http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/PlantNet/cycad/wlist.html.
5. Hill KD, DW Stevenson, R Osborne 2004 The world list of cycads. Bot Rev 70:274-298.
6. Hirsh H, TE Marler 2002 Damage and recovery of Cycas micronesica after Typhoon Paka. Biotropica 34:598-602.
7. Marler TE, J Haynes, A Lindström 2006 Cycas micronesica. 2006 International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources red list of threatened species. http://www.iucnredlist.org.
8. Marler TE, V Lee, CA Shaw 2005 Spatial variation of steryl glucosides in Cycas micronesica plants: within- and among-plant sampling procedures. Hortscience 40:1607-1611.
9. Marler TE, R Muniappan 2006 Pests of Cycas micronesica leaf, stem, and male reproductive tissues with notes on current threat status. Micronesica 39:1-9.
10. Niklas KJ 1994 Plant allometry: the scaling of form and process. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
11. _ 2004 Plant allometry: is there a grand unifying theory? Biol Rev 79:871-889.
12. Niklas KJ, ED Cobb, TE Marler 2006 A comparison between the record height-to-stem diameter allometries of pachycaulis and leptocaulis species. Ann Bot 97:79-83.
13. Niklas KJ, TE Marler 2007 Carica papaya (Caricaceae): a case study into the effects of domestication on plant vegetative growth and reproduction. Am J Bot 94:999-1002.
14. Norstog KJ, TJ Nicholls 1997 The biology of the cycads. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY.
15. Ornduff R 1990 Geographic variation in reproductive behavior and size structure of the Australian cycad Macrozamia communis (Zamiaceae). Am J Bot 77:92-99.
16. _ 1993 Features of the reproductive biology of Macrozamia species and Cycas media in Australia. Pages 121-124 in Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Cycad Biology, Townsville, Australia, July 22-28, 1990.
17. Osborne R 1995 The world cycad census and a proposed revision of the threatened species status for cycad taxa. Biol Conserv 71: 1-12.
18. Pate JS 1993 Biology of the S.W. Australian cycad Macrozamia riedlei (Fish. ex Gaudich) C.A. Gardn. Pages 125-130 in Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Cycad Biology, Townsville, Australia, July 22-28, 1990.
19. Perez-Farrera MAP, AP Vovides 2004a Ecology of cycads in southern Mexico. Pages 112-120 in Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Cycad Biology, Chonburi, Thailand, July 29-August 3, 2002.
20. _ 2004b Spatial distribution, population structure, and fecundity of Ceratozamia matudai Lundell (Zamiaceae) in El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Chiapas, Mexico. Bot Rev 70:299-311.
21. Schutzman B, AP Vovides, B Dehgan 1988 Two new species of Zamia (Zamiaceae, Cycadales) from southern Mexico. Bot Gaz 149:347-360.
22. Sokal RR, FJ Rohlf 1981 Biometry. 2nd ed. WH Freeman, New York.
23. Stevenson DW 1988 Strobilar ontogeny in the Cycadales. Pages 205-224 in S Leins, SC Tucker, PK Endress, eds. Aspects of floral development. Cramer, Berlin.
24. _, ed 1990 The biology, structure, and systematics of the Cycadales. Mem NY Bot Gard 57:1-210.
25. Tang W, S-L Yang, P Vatcharakorn 1997 Cycads of Thailand. Nong Nooch Tropical Garden and the Cycad Conservation Company, Bangkok.
26. Taylor TN, EL Taylor 1993 The biology and evolution of fossil plants. Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
27. VovidesAP 1990 Spatial distribution, survival, and fecundity of Dioon qedule (Zamiaceae) in a tropical deciduous forest in Veracruz, Mexico, with notes on its habitat. Am J Bot 77:1532-1543.
28. Warton DI, NC Weber 2002 Common slope tests for bivariate errors-in-variables models. Biometry J 44:161-174