Colonization, tolerance, competition and seed-size variation within functional groups

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 283-291

  Coomes, David A ^a   Grubb, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DISPERSAL; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; SEED PRODUCTION; SEED SIZE; TOLERANCE; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 0038514105     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(03)00072-7     Document Type: Review

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