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17564948

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-11-9
pubmed:abstractText
Monoecy allows high plasticity in gender expression because the production of separate female and male flowers increases the ability to respond to specific environmental circumstances. We studied variation in sexual expression and its correlates in the monoecious shrub Buxus balearica, for two years, in six populations in the Balearic Islands and four in the Iberian Peninsula. Phenotypic gender varied among populations; while island populations showed slight variations around an average gender, mainland populations showed a broad range of variation in gender among individuals, always biased towards increasing maleness compared with the other populations. Within populations, gender was not related to plant size. Between-year changes were slight and mainly consisted of an increase in relative maleness in the mast year. Reproduction did not affect gender in the next year, as assessed by either observational or experimental methods. Most variation in gender expression occurred among individuals within populations (83.6 %), followed by variation among populations (13.6 %) and years (2.8 %). Our results suggest that male-biased gender at population and plant levels was related to stressful conditions and resource limitation, because: (1) maleness was higher in mainland populations, where summer drought was stronger; (2) maleness increased with elevation; (3) fruit set was positively correlated with femaleness; (4) the percentage of male inflorescences increased over the flowering period; and (5) male inflorescences were preferentially in lower parts of the branch nodes. Higher maleness in mast years, however, could be related to increased male success under synchronic flowering.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1435-8603
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
9
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
736-44
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Variation in sexual expression in the monoecious shrub Buxus balearica at different scales.
pubmed:affiliation
Institut Mediterrani d'Estudis Avançats (C.S.I.C.-U.I.B.), c/Miquel Marqués 21, 07190 Esporles, Mallorca, Spain. amparo.lazaro@umb.no
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't