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dc.contributor.authorPickering, CM
dc.contributor.authorArthur, JM
dc.contributor.editorMichael Bull
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T13:21:08Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T13:21:08Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.date.modified2009-09-15T07:35:51Z
dc.identifier.issn1442-9985
dc.identifier.doi10.1046/j.1442-9993.2003.01313.x
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/6053
dc.description.abstractPatterns of reproductive and vegetative biomass allocation were compared in male and female plants of the alpine herb Aciphylla simplicifolia. Male and female plants had similar vegetative biomass but differed in the pattern of resource allocation. Inflorescences of males and females were similar in weight at the time of flowering, but differed in biomass allocation to some structures within the inflorescences, particularly those associated with ovule production and pollinator attraction (number and size of flowers). At the time of fruit production, female inflorescences were 2.6 times heavier than at flowering with developing fruit six times heavier than flowers. In addition to the increase in biomass allocated to structures associated with the provisioning and dissemination of seed, support structures (main and side stalks) were also heavier. As a result of this additional investment of resources at the time of fruit production, the reproductive effort (RE) of female plants was much higher than that of males: 37% of above ground biomass compared with 21% for males. Differences in RE did not change with plant size; however, allocation to reproduction appeared to be a constant proportion of biomass over nearly all plant sizes sampled. These results show that sex-specific resource allocation can be a complex of temporal and morphological patterns.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Asia
dc.publisher.placeAustralia
dc.publisher.urihttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1442-9993.2003.01313.x
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom566
dc.relation.ispartofpageto574
dc.relation.ispartofissue5
dc.relation.ispartofjournalAustral Ecology
dc.relation.ispartofvolume28
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEnvironmental sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBiological sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode41
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode31
dc.titlePatterns of resource allocation in the dioecious alpine herb Aciphylla simplicifolia (Apieaceae).
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Sciences, Griffith School of Environment
gro.date.issued2003
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorPickering, Catherine M.


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