Seed removal in two coexisting oak species: Ecological consequences of seed size, plant cover and seed-drop timing

Oikos

Volumn 117, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1386-1396

  Pérez Ramos, Ignacio M ^a,b   Urbieta, Itziar R ^a,c   Marañón, Teodoro ^a   Zavala, M A ^d   Kobe, Richard K ^e  

^a INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^d INIA   (Spain)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; DECIDUOUS TREE; FOREST DYNAMICS; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; NICHE PARTITIONING; PHENOLOGY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; SEED SET; SEED SIZE; VEGETATION COVER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

QUERCUS CANARIENSIS;

EID: 49649094899     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2008.16370.x     Document Type: Article

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