Mineral nutrient concentrations as a function of seed size within seed crops: Implications for competition among seedlings and defence against herbivory

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 177-185

  Grubb, Peter J ^a   Burslem, David F R P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Defence; Mineral nutrients; SE Asia; Seeds; Tropical lowland rain forest

Indexed keywords

ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENCE; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; RAINFOREST; SEED SIZE; SEEDLING COMPETITION;

EID: 0031954744     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467498000145     Document Type: Article

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