Are plant populations seed-limited? A review of seed sowing experiments

Oikos

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 225-238

  Turnbull, Lindsay A ^a,b   Crawley, Michael J ^a   Rees, Mark ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Flat 4 ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; LIMITING FACTOR; PLANT; POPULATION SIZE; SEED;

EID: 0033997061     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2000.880201.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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