Propagule size and predispersal damage by insects affect establishment and early growth of mangrove seedlings

Oecologia

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 564-575

  Sousa, Wayne P ^a   Kennedy, Peter G ^a   Mitchell, Betsy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest regeneration; Insect herbivory; Panama; Propagule predation; Seedling recruitment

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE; FOREST DYNAMICS; GRANIVORY; GROWTH; MANGROVE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; RECRUITMENT; SEED SIZE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

ANIMALIA; AVICENNIA; AVICENNIA GERMINANS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LAGUNCULARIA; LAGUNCULARIA RACEMOSA; RHIZOPHORA; RHIZOPHORA MANGLE;

EID: 0037567563     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-003-1237-0     Document Type: Article

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