Reversal of height dimorphism promotes pollen and seed dispersal in a wind-pollinated dioecious plant

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 245-248

  Pickup, Melinda ^a   Barrett, Spencer C H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Phenology; Plant height; Sexual dimorphism; Wind pollination

Indexed keywords

ANEMOCHORY; BREEDING SEASON; DICOTYLEDON; DIOECY; FLOWERING; HEIGHT; LIFE CYCLE; PHENOLOGY; POLLEN; SEED; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

UNITED STATES;

RUMEX HASTATULUS;

EID: 84860321098     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0950     Document Type: Article

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