Sex-specific plant responses to light intensity and canopy openness: Implications for spatial segregation of the sexes

Oecologia

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 561-570

  Groen, Kristen E ^a   Stieha, Christopher R ^a   Crowley, Philip H ^a   McLetchie, David Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Light condition measures; Sex specific responses; Sexual dimorphisms; Spatial segregation of the sexes

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; LIGHT INTENSITY; MORPHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POROSITY; SEX ALLOCATION; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WATER STRESS;

ARTICLE; LIGHT; OVULE; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN;

LIGHT; OVULE; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; POLLEN;

MARCHANTIA; MARCHANTIA INFLEXA; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 77949267157     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1473-z     Document Type: Article

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