Post-dispersal seed fates of four prairie species

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 730-735

  Clark, Deborah L ^a   Wilson, Mark V ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fungal disease; Mortality factors; Prairie; Seed fates; Seed predation; Seedling establishment

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FUNGAL DISEASE; GERMINATION; MORTALITY; POPULATION ECOLOGY; PRAIRIE; SEED PREDATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

OREGON; UNITED STATES;

BROMUS; BROMUS CARINATUS; CYNOSURUS; CYNOSURUS ECHINATUS; DAUCUS; DAUCUS CAROTA; FUNGI; INVERTEBRATA; PRUNELLA VULGARIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038514182     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.90.5.730     Document Type: Article

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