Interspecific variation in seed size and safe sites in a temperate rain forest

New Phytologist

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 535-541

  Lusk, Christopher H ^a   Kelly, Colleen K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Leaf litter; Nurse logs; Seed mass; Shade tolerance

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; RAINFOREST; SEED SIZE; SHADE TOLERANCE;

EID: 0038052109     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2003.00760.x     Document Type: Article

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