Maternal determinants of seed dispersal in Cakile edentula: Fruit, plant, and site traits

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2771-2788

  Donohue, Kathleen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cakile edentula; Density; Dispersal, evolution of dispersal; Maternal characters, plasticity; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MATERNAL EFFECT; PLANT; SEED DISPERSAL;

CAKILE EDENTULA;

EID: 0032420654     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/176516     Document Type: Article

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