To grow or to seed: ecotypic variation in reproductive allocation and cone production by young female Aleppo pine (
                    <i>Pinus halepensis</i>
                    , Pinaceae)

Climent, José; Aránzazu Prada, Mª.; Calama, Rafael; Regina Chambel, Mª.; Sánchez de Ron, David; Alía, Ricardo

doi:10.3732/ajb.2007354

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To grow or to seed: ecotypic variation in reproductive allocation and cone production by young female Aleppo pine ( Pinus halepensis , Pinaceae)

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Authors:

José Climent

Mª. Aránzazu Prada

Rafael Calama

Abstract

Age and size at the first reproduction and the reproductive allocation of plants are linked to different life history strategies. Aleppo pine only reproduces through seed, and, as such, early female reproduction confers high fitness in its infertile highly fire‐prone habitats along the Mediterranean...

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