Conflicting selective forces underlying seed dispersal in the endangered plant Silene diclinis

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 103-110

  Montesinos, Daniel ^a   García Fayos, Patricio ^a   Mateu, Isabel ^b  

^a CDIS UV Generalitat Valenciana)   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Density and distance dependent survival; Janzen Connell model; Seed predation; Seedling survival

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; SELECTION;

FORMICIDAE; SILENE; SILENE DICLINIS;

EID: 30144444950     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/497843     Document Type: Article

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