Causes and consequences of mast seed production of four co-occurring Carpinus species in Japan

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 54-64

  Shibata, Mitsue ^a   Tanaka, Hiroshi ^a   Nakashizka, Tohru ^b  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carpinus; Masting; Ogawa Forest Reserve; Pollination efficiency; Predator satiation; Synchronized fruiting

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS TREE; POLLINATION; SEED PRODUCTION; SYNCHRONY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

HONSHU; JAPAN; OGAWA FOREST RESERVE;

BETULACEAE; CARPINUS; CARPINUS CORDATA; CARPINUS JAPONICA; CARPINUS LAXIFLORA; CARPINUS TSCHONOSKII; CURCULIONIDAE; DICOTYLEDONEAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; JAPONICA;

EID: 0031688538     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[0054:cacoms]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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