期刊
JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
卷 23, 期 10, 页码 2262-2266出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.02089.x
关键词
Mercurialis annua; resource acquisition; resource allocation; sexual dimorphism; soil nutrients
资金
- Fundacion Caixa Galicia (Spain)
- British Ecological Society
Males and females of dioecious plants often differ in morphological, physiological and life-history traits, probably as a result of their different requirements for reproduction. We found that the growth and reproductive effort of individuals of the dioecious herb Mercurialis annua depended on whether males or females had been growing in the soil previously. This suggests that males and females of M. annua differentially modify the soil in which they are growing. Our study indicates that sexual dimorphism in dioecious plants can give rise to increased environmental heterogeneity as a consequence of sex-specific niche modification.
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