Sexual differences in year-to-year flowering trends in the dioecious multi-stemmed shrub Lindera triloba: Effects of light and clonal integration

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1520-1530

  Matsushita, Michinari ^a   Nakagawa, Michiko ^a   Tomaru, Nobuhiro ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Climate; Clonal plants; Dioecy; Module; Physiological integration; Reproductive allocation; Reproductive costs; Reproductive ecology; Sexual dimorphism; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLONAL ORGANISM; DIOECY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLOWERING; GENET; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIGHT EFFECT; PHYSIOLOGY; RAMET; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION; SHRUB; UNDERSTORY;

LINDERA; LINDERA TRILOBA;

EID: 80053652076     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2011.01866.x     Document Type: Article

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