Plant parental care: Conspecific nurse effects in Frasera speciosa and Cirsium scopulorum

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1657-1668

  Wied, Anna ^a,b   Galen, Candace ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpine plants; Cirsium scopulorum; Colorado; Drought stress; Frasera speciosa; Nurse effects; Parental care; Seedling establishment

Indexed keywords

PARENTAL CARE; PLANT; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

CIRSIUM SCOPULORUM; FRASERA SPECIOSA;

EID: 0031928642     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[1657:ppccne]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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