Change in spatial distribution patterns of a biennial plant between growth stages and generations in a patchy habitat

Annals of Botany

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1009-1017

  Suzuki, Ryo O ^a,b   Suzuki, Jun Ichirou ^a   Kachi, Naoki ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Environmental heterogeneity; Generations; Ground surface conditions; Growth stages; Life history variation; Lysimachia rubida; Monocarpic biennial; Patch dynamics; Point process analysis; Randomization test; Seed dispersal; Spatial patterns

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; HETEROGENEITY; PATCH DYNAMICS; SEED DISPERSAL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMULACEAE; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SOIL;

ECOSYSTEM; PRIMULACEAE; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SOIL;

LYSIMACHIA;

EID: 27644528443     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mci253     Document Type: Article

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