Environmental influence on primary sex ratio in a dioecious plant

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 31, 2008, Pages 10847-10852

  Stehlik, Ivana ^a   Friedman, Jannice ^a   Barrett, Spencer C H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Female biased sex ratios; Pollination intensity; Selective fertilization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; POLLINATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SEX RATIO;

DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; FERTILIZATION; POLLINATION; POPULATION DENSITY; RUMEX; SEX RATIO; SWITZERLAND;

RUMEX; RUMEX NIVALIS;

EID: 49449117835     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0801964105     Document Type: Article

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