Dissecting components of population-level variation in seed production and the evolution of masting behavior

Oikos

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 581-591

  Koenig, Walter D ^a   Kelly, Dave ^b   Sork, Victoria L ^c   Duncan, Richard P ^d   Elkinton, Joseph S ^e   Peltonen, Mikko S ^f   Westfall, Robert D ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^f USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^g Institute of Forest Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; INTERPOPULATION VARIATION; MASTING; NATURAL SELECTION; SEED PRODUCTION; SYNCHRONY;

EID: 0041731779     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2003.12272.x     Document Type: Article

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