Pre-dispersal seed predation and seed limitation in an annual legume

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 207-218

  Szentesi, Árpád ^a,b   Jermy, Tibor ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Bruchid; Bruchus luteicornis; Hungary; Leguminosae; Population dynamics; Recruitment; Vetch; Vicia angustifolia

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BRUCHUS; BRUCHUS LUTEICORNIS; FABACEAE; INSECTA; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); VICIA; VICIA ANGUSTIFOLIA; VICIA SATIVA SUBSP. NIGRA;

EID: 0037994132     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1439-1791-00125     Document Type: Article

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