Evaluating the wind pollination benefits of mast seeding

Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 117-126

  Kelly, Dave ^a   Hart, Deirdre E ^a   Allen, Robert B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Economies of scale; Fragmentation; Mast flowering; Mast seeding; Modeling; New Zealand; Predator satiation; Seed set; Selective advantage; Wind pollination

Indexed keywords

ANEMOPHILY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; MASTING; POLLINATION; SEED PRODUCTION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BETULA ALLEGHANIENSIS; CHIONOCHLOA PALLENS; DACRYDIUM CUPRESSINUM; INSECTA; NOTHOFAGUS MENZIESII; NOTHOFAGUS SOLANDRI;

EID: 0035136518     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2001)082[0117:ETWPBO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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