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How to be an attractive male: floral dimorphism and attractiveness to pollinators in a dioecious plant

BACKGROUND: Sexual selection theory predicts that males are limited in their reproductive success by access to mates, whereas females are more limited by resources. In animal-pollinated plants, attraction of pollinators and successful pollination is crucial for reproductive success. In dioecious pla...

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Autores principales: Waelti, Marc O, Page, Paul A, Widmer, Alex, Schiestl, Florian P
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2738674/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19660122
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-9-190