Environmental context influences the outcome of a plant-seed predator interaction

Oikos

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 864-872

  Kolb, Annette ^a,b   Leimu, Roosa ^c,d   Ehrlén, Johan ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; GROWTH RATE; HERB; PERENNIAL PLANT; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MODELING; SEED PREDATION; SEED PRODUCTION;

ANIMALIA; PRIMULA VERIS; PRIMULACEAE;

EID: 34247396651     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2007.0030-1299.15608.x     Document Type: Article

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