Moms are better nurses than dads: Gender biased self-facilitation in a dioecious Juniperus tree

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 271-280

  Montesinos, Daniel ^a   Verdú, Miguel ^a   García Fayos, Patricio ^a  

^a CDIS UV Generalitat Valenciana)   (Spain)

Author keywords

Juniperus thurifera; Seed dispersal; Seed seedling conflict; Spatial discordance; Spatial population structure; Stage coupling

Indexed keywords

AVES; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS THURIFERA;

EID: 34548646017     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1658/1100-9233(2007)18[271:MABNTD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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