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Differential competitive ability between sexes in the dioecious Antennaria dioica (Asteraceae).
Annals of botany - 1 Nov 2012
Varga Sandra, Kytöviita Minna-Maarit
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Differences in competitive ability between the sexes of dioecious plants are expected as a result of allocation trade-offs associated with sex-differential reproductive costs. However, the available data on competitive ability in dioecious plants are scarce and contradictory. In this study sexual competition was evaluated using the dioecious plant Antennaria dioica in a common garden...
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