Dioecy, hermaphrodites and pathogen load in plants

Oikos

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 657-660

  Williams, Alex ^a   Antonovics, Janis ^b   Rolff, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIOECY; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FUNGAL DISEASE; HERMAPHRODITE; IMMUNITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79955045032     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2011.19287.x     Document Type: Article

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