Sex-related differences in reproductive allocation, growth, defense and herbivory in three dioecious neotropical palms.
Frequently, in dioecious plants, female plants allocate more resources to reproduction than male plants. Therefore it is expected that asymmetrical allocation to reproduction may lead to a reproduction-growth tradeoff, whereby female plants grow less than male plants, but invest more in defenses and...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2010-03-01
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| Series: | PLoS ONE |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2843723?pdf=render |