Predator satiation and extreme mast seeding in 11 species of Chionochloa (Poaceae)

Oikos

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 477-488

  Kelly, Dave ^a   Harrison, Andrea L ^a   Lee, William G ^b   Payton, Ian J ^c   Wilson, Peter R ^d   Schauber, Eric M ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^d LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^f CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHIONOCHLOA CRASSIUSCULA; CHIONOCHLOA RUBRA; FLOWERING; NEW ZEALAND; PICEA; PINUS; QUERCUS; SEED PREDATION; SYNCHRONY;

FLOWERING; MASTING; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; SEED PREDATION; SEED PRODUCTION; SYNCHRONY;

NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; TAKAHE VALLEY;

ANIMALIA; CECIDOMYIIDAE; CHIONOCHLOA; CHIONOCHLOA RUBRA; DIPTERA; INSECTA; PICEA; POACEAE; PORPHYRIO MANTELLI; QUERCUS;

EID: 0033771740     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2000.900306.x     Document Type: Article

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