Do small-seeded species have higher survival through seed predation than large-seeded species?

Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 3148-3161

  Moles, Angela T ^a,b   Warton, David I ^a   Westoby, Mark ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Australia; Postdispersal seed predation; Predispersal seed predation; Publication bias; Seed defense; Seed mass; Seed predation vs. seed size

Indexed keywords

GRANIVORY; PLANT DEFENSE; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; SEED SIZE; SURVIVAL;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 1342330915     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/02-0662     Document Type: Article

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