Asymmetric competition and the evolution of propagule size

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 554-562

  Rodriguez Girones M A ^a,c   Sandsten, H ^b   Santamaria L ^a,d  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Competitive advantage; Germination sites; Potamogeton pectinatus L.; Seed size

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC COMPETITION; EVOLUTION; PRODUCTIVITY; PROPAGULE; SIZE;

PECTINATUS; POTAMOGETON; STUCKENIA PECTINATUS;

EID: 0042209980     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2003.00800.x     Document Type: Article

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