Satiation of predispersal seed predators: The importance of considering both plant and seed levels

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 367-380

  Bonal, Raul ^a,b   Muñoz, Alberto ^a   Díaz, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Curculio; Granivorous insects; Multi infestation; Predispersal seed predation; Quercus; Satiation; Seed number; Seed size

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CROP PRODUCTION; EVERGREEN TREE; FITNESS; GRANIVORY; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; SEED SIZE; SEEDLING; SURVIVAL; TRADE-OFF;

CURCULIO; CURCULIO ELEPHAS; CURCULIONIDAE; HEXAPODA; ILEX; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 34248143535     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-006-9107-y     Document Type: Article

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