Spatial Variation in Female Fertility Related to Interactions with Flower Consumers and Pathogens in a Forest Metapopulation of Primula sieboldii

Researches on Population Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 249-256

  Washitani, Izumi ^a   Okayama, Yasushi ^a   Sato, Keiko ^a   Takahashi, Hitomi ^a   Ohgushi, Takayuki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eusphalerum herbivore; Pathogen; Seed set; Spatial pattern; Spatial subdivision; Subpopulation; Urocystis

Indexed keywords

BASIDIOMYCOTA; COLEOPTERA; EUSPHALERUM; FUNGI; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PRIMULA SIEBOLDII; PRIMULACEAE; STAPHYLINIDAE; UROCYSTIS; USTILAGINALES;

EID: 0001289256     PISSN: 00345466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02515734     Document Type: Article

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