Effects of environmental heterogeneity on the distribution of sexes within and among populations in a gynodioecious species, Geranium maculatum

New Phytologist

Volumn 183, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 649-660

  Van Etten, Megan L ^a   Chang, Shu Mei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental differences; Geranium maculatum; Gynodioecy; Microsite differences; Sex differential plasticity (SDP) hypothesis

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GYNODIOECY; HERMAPHRODITE; HETEROGENEITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SEED PRODUCTION; SEX ALLOCATION; SOIL MOISTURE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENT; FLOWER; GERANIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASON; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOIL;

ENVIRONMENT; FLOWERS; GERANIUM; LIGHT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS; SEEDS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOIL;

GERANIUM MACULATUM;

EID: 67650970275     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.02940.x     Document Type: Article

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