Mortality in seedling populations of Silver Birch: Genotypic variation and herbivore effects

Functional Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 658-663

  Prittinen, K ^a   Pusenius, J ^a   Koivunoro, K ^a   Rousi, M ^b   Roininen, H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Intraspecific competition; Multiple herbivory; Population structure; Resistance; Self thinning

Indexed keywords

GENOTYPE; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MORTALITY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SEEDLING; SELF THINNING;

EMBRYOPHYTA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MICROTUS AGRESTIS; MURIDAE;

EID: 0142126776     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.2003.00777.x     Document Type: Article

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