Plants as reef fish: Fitting the functional form of seedling recruitment

American Naturalist

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 167-183

  Poulsen, J R ^a   Osenberg, C W ^a   Clark, C J ^a,b   Levey, D J ^a   Bolker, B M ^a  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Density independence; Establishment limitation; Recruitment function; Seed limitation; Seedling emergence

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DISPERSAL; LIFE HISTORY; MORTALITY; POPULATION SIZE; RECRUITMENT; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FISH; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PLANT; PLANT SEED; SEEDLING;

ANIMALS; FISHES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS; SEEDLING; SEEDS;

EID: 34250830446     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/518945     Document Type: Article

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