Transition probabilities from pollination to establishment in a rare dioecious shrub species (Rhamnus ludovici-salvatoris) in two habitats

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 427-437

  Traveset, A ^a   Gulias, J ^a,b   Riera, N ^a   Mus, M ^b  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Balearic Islands; Disturbance; Mediterranean habitats; Population recruitment; Seed and seedling survival; Seed dispersal by birds; Spatial variation

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; DROUGHT STRESS; POLLINATION; POPULATION ECOLOGY; RECRUITMENT; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SHRUB;

SPAIN;

AVES; ILEX; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ILEX; RHAMNUS;

EID: 0038050747     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2003.00780.x     Document Type: Article

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