Snow tussocks, chaos, and the evolution of mast seeding

American Naturalist

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 44-59

  Rees, Mark ^a   Kelly, Dave ^a   Bjørnstad, Ottar N ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Predator satiation; Resource matching; Seed bank; Synchrony; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

MASTING; MODEL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TUSSOCK GRASSLAND;

CHIONOCHLOA PALLENS;

EID: 0036081602     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/340603     Document Type: Article

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