Comparative analyses of sex-ratio variation in dioecious flowering plants

Evolution

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 661-672

  Field, David L ^a   Pickup, Melinda ^a   Barrett, Spencer C H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biased sex ratios; Clonality; Costs of reproduction; Dioecy; Life history traits; Sex chromosomes

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CHROMOSOME; CLONAL GROWTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIOECY; FLOWERING; FRUIT; GROWTH FORM; HERB; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHYLOGENETICS; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEED DISPERSAL; SEX RATIO; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLOWER; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANGIOSPERMS; FLOWERS; LINEAR MODELS; PHYLOGENY; SEX RATIO;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 84874690129     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/evo.12001     Document Type: Article

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