Initial period of sexual maturity determines the greater growth rate of male over female in the dioecious tree Juniperus communis subsp. communis

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 99-102

  Iszkuło, Grzegorz ^a,b   Boratyński, Adam ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF DENDROLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIELONA GÓRA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Common juniper; Dendrochronology; Dioecy; Growth rate

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DIOECY; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; MALE; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; SEED; SHRUB; TREE RING;

JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS COMMUNIS; JUNIPERUS COMMUNIS SUBSP. COMMUNIS;

EID: 79951947896     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2011.01.001     Document Type: Article

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