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Sex-specific spatial variation in fitness in the highly dimorphic Leucadendron rubrum.
Molecular ecology - 1 Apr 2021
Tonnabel Jeanne, Klein Etienne K, Ronce Ophélie, Oddou-Muratorio Sylvie, Rousset François, Olivieri Isabelle, Courtiol Alexandre, Mignot Agnès
Abstract excerpt
Sexual dimorphism in plants may emerge as a result of sex-specific selection on traits enhancing access to nutritive resources and/or to sexual partners. Here we investigated sex-specific differences in selection of sexually dimorphic traits and in the spatial distribution of effective fecundity (our fitness proxy) in a highly dimorphic dioecious wind-pollinated shrub, Leucadendron rubrum. In particular, we...
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