Testing the resource-matching hypothesis in the mast seeding tree Nothofagus truncata (Fagaceae)

Austral Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 366-375

  Monks, Adrian ^a   Kelly, Dave ^b  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Annual ring growth; Climate; Economies of scale; Switching; Wind pollination

Indexed keywords

CROP; DATA SET; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; POLLINATION; SEEDING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TREE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND;

FAGACEAE; NOTHOFAGUS; NOTHOFAGUS TRUNCATA;

EID: 33645873891     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2006.01565.x     Document Type: Article

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