Nonviable seed set enhances plant fitness: the sacrificial sibling hypothesis

Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 369-377

  Ghazoul, Jaboury ^a   Satake, Akiko ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dipterocarpaceae; Evolution of selfing; Outcrossing; Pre dispersal seed predation; Predator satiation

Indexed keywords

AUTOGAMY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DICOTYLEDON; FITNESS; FRUIT PRODUCTION; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; OPTIMIZATION; OUTCROSSING; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; SEED SET; SELECTION; SELF INCOMPATIBILITY; SURVIVAL; VIABILITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GERMINATION; INBREEDING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT SEED; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GERMINATION; INBREEDING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTION; SEEDS; SELECTION (GENETICS);

DIPTEROCARPACEAE;

EID: 63849214992     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-1436.1     Document Type: Article

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