During the past decade ecologists have devoted considerable energy to demographic
studies of flowers and fruits between anthesis and dispersal. These efforts have led to the …

Dioecy, characterized by the presence of distinct male and female plants, is widespread in
angiosperms, being known in 37 out of Engler & Prantl's 51 orders (132). Yet botanists have …

This book is about the regeneration of plants from seed under field conditions. It attempts to
give a reasonably balanced overview of the many aspects of this broad topic. The first …

Bateman's principle states that male fitness is usually limited by the number of matings
achieved, while female fitness is usually limited by the resources available for reproduction …

The great taxonomic diversity of the Orchidaceae is often attributed to adaptive radiation for
specific pollinators driven by selection for outcrossing. However, when one looks beyond the …

Most flowers are bisexual in function, but counting secondary allocation to attractive
structures such as the corolla as equally male and female leads to the paradoxical …

It is postulated that in one reproductive session the level of maternal expenditure of an
angiosperm plant is determined by a temporal series of controls on the number of potential …

The majority of species of flowering plants rely on pollination by insects, so that their
reproductive success and in part their population structure are determined by insect …

Flower, fruit and immature seed abortion was studied in seven self‐incompatible species of
trees in a tropical lowland semideciduous forest. The species showed considerable …

The concept of sexual selection (intrasexual competition for mates and mate preference) is
used in revising the classical explanation of dioecy in plants. Male and female functions of …