Quantifying the benefits of mast seeding on predator satiation and wind pollination in Chionochloa pallens (Poaceae)

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Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 143-150

  Kelly, Dave ^a,b   Sullivan, Jon J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHIONOCHLOA PALLENS; POACEAE;

MAST SEEDING; POLLINATION; PREDATOR SATIATION; SEED PREDATION; TUSSOCK GRASS; WIND POLLINATION;

NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH ISLAND, MOUNT HUTT;

EID: 0030620691     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3545810     Document Type: Article

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