Sex allocation in clonal plants: Might clonal expansion enhance fitness gains through male function?

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1463-1474

  Dorken, Marcel E ^a   van Drunen, Wendy E ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clonal plants; Dioecy; Gain curves; Hermaphroditism; Sex allocation

Indexed keywords

CLONAL ORGANISM; DIOECY; FITNESS; HERMAPHRODITISM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANT COMMUNITY; POLLEN; RAMET; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO; SHAPE;

EID: 78650036170     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-010-9393-2     Document Type: Article

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