Costs of reproduction in flowering plants.

ABSTRACT: Costs of reproduction arise when investments into current reproduction reduce future reproductive fitness. Studies on reproductive costs use diverse approaches, including the analysis of gene expression, physiology, trade-offs between reproduction and growth/survival, and the impact of reproductive investments on population growth. These studies demonstrate that reproductive trade-offs have far-reaching effects on plants, affect their fitness, and are therefore important for shaping the evolution of life histories. However, not all studies have detected costs of reproduction, and c. 90% of these were conducted in natural populations, where controlling for variation in plant resource status is challenging. For dioecious plants, there is a common perception that fruit production should resul

SUBMITTER: Dorken ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12138173 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature