The evolution of males: Support for predictions from sex allocation theory using mating arrays of sagittaria latifolia (alismataceae)

Evolution

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2782-2791

  Perry, Laura E ^a   Dorken, Marcel E ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dioecy; Floral display; Gain curves; Gynodioecy; Hermaphroditism; Pollen presentation theory

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FITNESS; FLOWER; HERMAPHRODITISM; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LINEARITY; MALE BEHAVIOR; MONOCOTYLEDON; PHENOTYPE; SEX ALLOCATION;

ARROWHEAD; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FLOWER; HERMAPHRODITIC SPECIES; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTION;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FLOWERS; HERMAPHRODITIC ORGANISMS; POLLEN; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTION; SAGITTARIA;

ALISMATACEAE; SAGITTARIA LATIFOLIA;

EID: 80053461577     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01344.x     Document Type: Article

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