Environmental sex determination in ferns: Effects of nutrient availability and individual density in Woodwardia radicans

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1319-1327

  DeSoto, Lucía ^a,b   Quintanilla, Luis G ^a   Méndez, Marcos ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Plant size; Sequential hermaphroditism; Sex switch threshold; Stress conditions

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MATURITY; FERN; GAMETOPHYTE; HERMAPHRODITISM; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SEX DETERMINATION; SIZE AT MATURITY;

FILICOPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; WOODWARDIA RADICANS;

EID: 54049089333     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2008.01425.x     Document Type: Article

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