Variation in predispersal losses in reproductive potential in rowan (Sorbus aucuparia L. Rosaceae) in the NW Iberian Peninsula

Plant Ecology

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 191-203

  Pías, Beatriz ^a   Salvande, Miguel ^b   Guitián, Pablo ^a  

^a Facultad de Biologia   (Spain)

^b Faculty of Economics and Business Administration   (Spain)

Author keywords

Plant animal interactions; Predispersal biology; Reproductive potential; Seed predation; Sorbus aucuparia

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; FLOWERING; PREDATION; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PRODUCTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; ROSACEAE; SORBUS; SORBUS AUCUPARIA;

EID: 33846151667     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-006-9156-x     Document Type: Article

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