Sexual differences in physiological integration in the dioecious shrub Lindera triloba: A field experiment using girdling manipulation

Annals of Botany

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1029-1037

  Isogimi, Tomohiro ^a   Matsushita, Michinari ^a   Watanabe, Yoichi ^a   Nakagawa, Michiko ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Assimilates translocation; clonal integration; cost of reproduction; genet; girdling; Lindera triloba; ramet; resource allocation; sexual dimorphism; trade off

Indexed keywords

CLONAL GROWTH; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; FIELD SURVEY; GENET; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RAMET; REPRODUCTIVE COST; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SHRUB; TRADE-OFF; TRANSLOCATION;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLOWER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LINDERA; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

FLOWERS; LINDERA; REPRODUCTION;

LINDERA TRILOBA;

EID: 79955442550     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcr043     Document Type: Article

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