Frequency-dependent seed size selection on Cryptocarya alba (Mol.) Looser (Lauraceae): Testing the effect of background

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 137-142

  Celis Diez, Juan L ^a   Bustamante, Ramiro O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Apostatic selection; Frequency independent selection; La Campana National Park, Chile; Mediterranean shrubland; Seed density; Seed predation

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; GRANIVORY; SEED PREDATION; SEED SIZE; SIZE SELECTION;

CHILE; LA CAMPANA NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH AMERICA; VALPARAISO [CHILE]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CRYPTOCARYA; CRYPTOCARYA ALBA; LAURACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 13244292575     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2005.00420.x     Document Type: Article

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