Recruitment limitation modifies the net effects of shared enemies on competitively inferior plants

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 114-121

  Schoolmaster Jr , Donald R ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Herbivory; Individual based model; Lottery model; Plant disease; Recruitment failure; Seed limitation; Shared enemies

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FITNESS; HERBIVORY; PLANT COMMUNITY; STOCHASTICITY; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 37149049574     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2007.01309.x     Document Type: Article

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