Spatial Dynamics of Specialist Seed Predators on Synchronized and Intermittent Seed Production of Host Plants

American Naturalist

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 591-605

  Satake, Akiko ^a,b   Bjørnstad, Ottar N ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Invasibility; Mast seeding; Predator satiation; Spatial dynamics; Synchrony

Indexed keywords

HOST PLANT; MASTING; REPRODUCTION; SEED PREDATION; SEED PRODUCTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POLLEN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME; TREE;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSECTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLLEN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEEDS; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 2442527687     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/382661     Document Type: Article

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