Allometry of within-fruit reproductive allocation in subtropical dicot woody species

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 611-619

  Chen, Hong ^a,b   Felker, Sara ^c   Sun, Shucun ^c,d  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

^d NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Allometry; China; Fruit size; Reproductive allocation; Seed number per fruit; Seed size

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; DECIDUOUS TREE; DICOTYLEDON; EVERGREEN TREE; FRUIT; FRUIT SET; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEED SIZE; WOODY PLANT;

DICOTYLEDONEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 77950182594     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.0900204     Document Type: Article

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