Geographical variation in seed production, predation and abortion in Juniperus communis throughout its range in Europe

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 436-446

  García, Daniel ^a   Zamora, Regino ^a   Gómez, José M ^a   Jordano, Pedro ^b   Hódar, José A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Distribution boundaries; Geographical patterns; Juniperus communis; Latitudinal gradients; Predispersal seed predation; Seed abortion; Seed production

Indexed keywords

EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; PORTUGAL; REGENERATION; SEED PREDATION; SEED PRODUCTION; SPAIN; TUNDRA;

ABORTION; SEED PREDATION; SEED PRODUCTION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EUROPE;

JUNIPERUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 0034045665     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2000.00459.x     Document Type: Article

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