Spatio-temporal variation in fruit production and seed predation in a perennial herb influenced by habitat quality and population size

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 334-345

  Ågren, Jon ^a   Ehrlén, Johan ^b   Solbreck, Christer ^c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Asclepiadaceae; Flower production; Fruit production; Habitat quality; Pollen limitation; Population density; Population size; Resource limitation; Vincetoxicum hirundinaria

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELDWORK; FLOWERING; FRUIT PRODUCTION; HABITAT QUALITY; HERB; PERENNIAL PLANT; POLLEN LIMITATION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEED PREDATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

APOCYNACEAE; EUPHRANTA; TEPHRITIDAE; VINCETOXICUM HIRUNDINARIA;

EID: 38849171801     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2007.01334.x     Document Type: Article

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