Spatiotemporal variation in predispersal seed predation intensity

Oecologia

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 708-713

  Ehrlén, Johan ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bruchidae; Insect plant interactions; Lathyrus vernus; Predispersal seed predation; Sensitivity of population growth rate

Indexed keywords

POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEED PREDATION; SPRING PEA;

BRUCHIDAE; BRUCHUS ATOMARIUS; COLEOPTERA; FABACEAE; LATHYRUS VERNUS;

EID: 0030301664     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00329046     Document Type: Article

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