Roots, shoots and reproduction: Sexual dimorphism in size and costs of reproductive allocation in an annual herb

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 275, Issue 1651, 2008, Pages 2595-2602

  Harris, Mark S ^a   Pannell, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon allocation; Life history; Mercurialis annua; Nitrogen allocation; Trade off

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN;

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOWERING; HERB; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; POLLEN; REPRODUCTIVE COST; ROOT SYSTEM; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SHOOT; TRADE-OFF;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE PLANT; FLOWERING; FRUIT GROWING; HERB; MALE; MALE PLANT; MERCURIALIS ANNUA; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT REPRODUCTION; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

MERCURIALIS ANNUA;

EID: 54249142123     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0585     Document Type: Article

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