Kin and sex recognition in a dioecious grass

Plant Ecology

Volumn 215, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 845-852

  Mercer, Charlene A ^a   Eppley, Sarah M ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Dioecy; Root root interactions; Spatial segregation of the sexes

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DIOECY; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GRASS; KIN RECOGNITION; SEEDLING; SIBLING;

DISTICHLIS SPICATA; FUNGI;

EID: 84906941841     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-014-0336-9     Document Type: Article

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