Demand-driven resource investment in annual seed production by a perennial angiosperm precludes resource limitation

Ecology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 51-61

  Ida, Takashi Y ^a   Harder, Lawrence D ^a   Kudo, Gaku ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon allocation; Cost of reproduction; Inflorescence; Pollen limitation; Pollen quality; Reproductive investment; Resource limitation; Seed production; Stenanthium occidentale

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ANGIOSPERM; ANNUAL PLANT; BREEDING SEASON; DEFOLIATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HERB; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; PERENNIAL PLANT; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEED PRODUCTION; TRANSLOCATION;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; CANADA; ECOSYSTEM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; TIME;

ALBERTA; ANGIOSPERMS; CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; SEEDS; TIME FACTORS;

ANTICLEA OCCIDENTALIS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 84876114259     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-0619.1     Document Type: Article

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