Neighbour effects on Erica multiflora (Ericaceae) reproductive performance after clipping

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 139-145

  Vilà, Montserrat ^a   Terradas, Jaume ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Multispecific neighbourhood; Reproductive variability; Resprouting; Size variability; Size dependent reproduction

Indexed keywords

CLIPPING; FRUIT SET; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NEIGHBOURHOOD EFFECT; REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE;

ERICA; ERICA MULTIFLORA; ERICACEAE; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 0032029457     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1146-609X(98)80017-9     Document Type: Article

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