When looks can kill: The evolution of sexually dimorphic floral display and the extinction of dioecious plants

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 269, Issue 1496, 2002, Pages 1187-1194

  Vamosi, Jana C ^a   Otto, Sarah P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dioecy; Extinction; Floral display; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

DIOECY; EXTINCTION; POLLINATION; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; DIOECY; EVOLUTION; FLOWER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POLLINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FLOWERS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 53149092505     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2004     Document Type: Article

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