OPTIMAL FLOWER LIFETIMES

Authors
CHARNOV EL
Citation
El. Charnov, OPTIMAL FLOWER LIFETIMES, Evolutionary ecology, 10(3), 1996, pp. 245-248
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Genetics & Heredity",Ecology,Biology
Journal title
Evolutionary ecology → ACNP
ISSN journal
02697653
Volume
10
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
245 - 248
Database
ISI
SICI code
0269-7653(1996)10:3<245:OFL>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
ESS floral lifetimes satisfy the product theorem from sex allocation t heory. The dimensionless time investment per flower is a symmetric fun ction of two dimensionless gain:cost ratios, one for each gender funct ion.