Seed dispersal in Cakile edentula var. lacustris: Decoupling the fitness effects of density and distance from the home site

Oecologia

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 520-527

  Donohue, Kathleen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Density; Dispersal; Dispersion patterns; Seed heteromorphism; Seed size

Indexed keywords

CAKILE EDENTULA; BRASSICACEAE; CAKILE EDENTULA LACUSTRIS;

DENSITY; FITNESS; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED MASS;

EID: 0030613505     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050189     Document Type: Article

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