The demographic cost of reproduction and its consequences in balsam fir (Abies balsamea)

American Naturalist

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 321-332

  Silvertown, Jonathan ^a   Dodd, Mike ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abies balsamea; Cost of reproduction; Fir wave; Life history evolution; Plant demography; Self thinning

Indexed keywords

COST; DEMOGRAPHY; GROWTH; LIFE HISTORY; REPRODUCTION;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; GYMNOSPERMAE; HIATUS;

EID: 0032710034     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303238     Document Type: Article

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