RT Journal Article
T1 Sexual dimorphism in response to stress
A1 Retuerto Franco, José Carlos Rubén
A1 Sánchez Vilas, Julia
A1 Varga, Sandra
AB Sexual dimorphism in secondary traits (differences between the sexes in characteristics othersthan the sexual organs) is widespread in plants (Geber and Dawson, 1999; Barrett and Hough2013). Sex differences in ecological, morphological and physiological traits have beencommonly attributed to the different costs of reproduction associated with the male and thefemale function (Reznick, 1985; Obeso, 2002) and are usually linked to trade-offs betweenallocation to reproduction and to other plant functions (e.g., to growth and/or defence). Suchtrade-offs are likely to be modified under more stressful conditions (Bazzaz and Grace,1997). In fact, plants are continuously exposed to stressful biotic and abiotic environmentalfactors during all their life cycle, which usually occur simultaneously (Suzuki et al., 2014).Biotic factors include competitors, symbionts, parasites, pathogens, and herbivores. Abioticfactors include extreme temperatures, water, light and nutrient availability, heavy metal, CO2,or UV radiation. As sessile organisms, plants have developed a wide range of responses tocope with stress, ranging from escape to tolerance and avoidance (Lerner, 1999)
PB Elsevier
SN 0098-8472
YR 2017
FD 2017-12-06
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/16235
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/16235
LA eng
NO RETUERTO, RUBÉN, SÁNCHEZ VILAS, JULIA and VARGA, SANDRA, 2018, Sexual dimorphism in response to stress. Environmental and Experimental Botany. 2018. Vol. 146, p. 1-4. DOI 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2017.12.006. Elsevier BV
NO This article is part of a special issue entitled “Sexual dimorphism in response to stress” published at the journal Environmental and Experimental Botany 146
DS Minerva
RD 27 abr 2026