Evolutionarily stable resource allocation for production of wind-dispersed seeds

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 477-485

  Sakai, Satoki ^a   Kikuzawa, Kihachiro ^b   Umeki, Kiyoshi ^c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colonization hypothesis; Evolutionarily stable strategy; Non sib competition; Safe sites; Sibcompetition; Wind dispersal structures; Wind dispersed seeds; Wing; Wing loading

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEED DISPERSAL; WIND DISPERSAL;

EID: 0031959214     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006576906198     Document Type: Article

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