Reproductive effort and herbivory timing in a perennial herb: Fitness components at the individual and population levels

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1295-1302

  García, María B ^a,b,c   Ehrlén, Johan ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fitness components; Flower and leaf removal; Hand pollination; Life table response experiment (LTRE) analysis; Matrix population models; Primula veris; Short and long term effects; Source sink path

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; HERBIVORY; POLLINATION; POPULATION MODELING; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ANIMALIA; PRIMULA; PRIMULA VERIS; PRIMULACEAE;

EID: 0036678536     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.89.8.1295     Document Type: Article

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