Ecological implications of reduced pollen deposition in alpine plants: a case study using a dominant cushion plant species [v1; ref status: indexed, http://f1000r.es/3mb]
The reproductive assurance hypothesis states that self-incompatible female plants must produce twice the number of seeds relative to their self-compatible hermaphroditic counterparts to persist in gynodioecious populations. This is a viable life-history strategy, provided that pollination rates are...
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| Language: | English |
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F1000 Research Ltd
2014-06-01
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| Series: | F1000Research |
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| Online Access: | http://f1000research.com/articles/3-130/v1 |