Do secondary sexual dimorphism and female intolerance to drought influence the sex ratio and extinction risk of Taxus baccata?

Plant Ecology

Volumn 200, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 229-240

  Iszkuło, Grzegorz ^a,b   Jasińska, Anna K ^a   Giertych, Marian J ^a   Boratyński, Adam ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF DENDROLOGY   (Poland)

^b POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^c KAZIMIERZ WIELKI UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Dioecy; European yew; Reproductive effort

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIOECY; DROUGHT; EVERGREEN TREE; EXTINCTION; POPULATION SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; WATER RESOURCE;

TAXUS; TAXUS BACCATA;

EID: 58149191587     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-008-9447-5     Document Type: Article

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