Production, losses, and germination of Ceanothus fendleri seeds in an Arizona ponderosa pine forest

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 365-373

  Huffman, David W ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bet hedging; Fendler ceanothus; Heat scarification; Ovule losses; Seed ecology; Seed predation

Indexed keywords

CEANOTHUS; CEANOTHUS FENDLERI; CHALCIDOIDEA; EURYTOMA; PINUS PONDEROSA; UNGULATA;

EID: 33748259817     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3398/1527-0904(2006)66[365:PLAGOC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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