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Sexual Allocation

Sexual Allocation is a theoretical construct in evolutionary botany that specifies the relative investment of a plant's reproductive resources into male versus female functions, distinguishing it from other reproductive strategies by focusing on the optimization of fitness through differential allocation to sexual functions.

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1.1K

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474

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2017–2026

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Sex Allocation

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595

The theory of sex allocation.

Eric L. Charnov · PubMed · 1982 · 2.9K citations

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Allocation of resources to male and female functions in hermaphrodites

Deborah Charlesworth, Brian Charlesworth · Biological Journal of the Linnean Society · 1981 · 478 citations

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The Reproductive Strategy of Higher Plants: I. The Concept of Strategy with Special Reference to Senecio Vulgaris L.

John L. Harper, John C. Ogden · Journal of Ecology · 1970 · 476 citations

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Differential Resource Utilization by the Sexes of Dioecious Plants

D. Carl Freeman, Lionel G. Klikoff, Kimball T. Harper · Science · 1976 · 455 citations

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Sex Allocation Theory for Birds and Mammals

Steven A. Frank · Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics · 1990 · 450 citations

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Authors

1.1K

  1. EL
    Eric L. Charnov

    University of Utah, United States

    11 publications · 3.9K citations

    11

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  2. JR
    John R. Pannell

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    9 publications · 275 citations

    10

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  3. SC
    Spencer C. H. Barrett

    University of Toronto, Canada

    9 publications · 520 citations

    9

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  4. JL
    Jon Lovett Doust

    Mount Holyoke College, United States

    8 publications · 824 citations

    8

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  5. TA
    Tia‐Lynn Ashman

    University of Pittsburgh, United States

    8 publications · 591 citations

    8

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Institutions

474

  1. University of California, Irvine

    Irvine, United States

    13 h-index

    24 publications

    1.9K citations

  2. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    13 h-index

    27 publications

    1.7K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    13 h-index

    24 publications

    1K citations

  4. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    12 h-index

    17 publications

    713 citations

  5. University of Utah

    Salt Lake City, United States

    11 h-index

    19 publications

    942 citations

  6. University of California, Santa Barbara

    Santa Barbara, United States

    8 h-index

    12 publications

    706 citations

  7. Queen's University

    Kingston, Canada

    8 h-index

    10 publications

    810 citations

  8. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    7 h-index

    12 publications

    461 citations

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Venues

  1. Evolution

    49 publications · 3K citations

    32

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  2. American Journal of Botany

    53 publications · 2.5K citations

    30

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  3. The American Naturalist

    AN · 31 publications · 2.4K citations

    26

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  4. Journal of Evolutionary Biology

    JEB · 27 publications · 1.5K citations

    24

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  5. Oecologia

    25 publications · 2K citations

    23

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