Coexistence of annual plants: Generalist seed predation weakens the storage effect

Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 170-182

  Kuang, Jessica J ^a,b   Chesson, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Annual plant community; Apparent competition; Competition; Seed predation; Species coexistence; Storage effect; Temporal environmental variation

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PLANT; COEXISTENCE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; SEED PREDATION; STORAGE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PLANT SEED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEEDS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 63849101021     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-0207.1     Document Type: Article

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