Patterns of annual seed production by Northern Hemisphere trees: A global perspective

American Naturalist

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 59-69

  Koenig, Walter D ^a   Knops, Johannes M H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mast fruiting; Masting; Resource tracking; Seed production; Spatial patterns

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; REPRODUCTION; SEED PRODUCTION;

QUERCUS;

EID: 0034092458     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303302     Document Type: Article

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