Consumer pressure, seed versus safe-site limitation, and plant population dynamics

Oecologia

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 260-269

  Maron, John L ^a   Gardner, Shea N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Herbivory; Plant population dynamics; Seed versus safe site limited recruitment; Seedbank; Simulation model

Indexed keywords

LIMITING FACTOR; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECRUITMENT; SEED BANK;

EID: 0033883993     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420000382     Document Type: Article

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