Density-dependence at multiple scales in experimental and natural plant populations

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 567-580

  Gunton, Richard M ^a,b   Kunin, William E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Autocorrelation; Competition; Neighbourhood; Pollination; Reproduction; Seed herbivory; Silene latifolia; Spatial density dependence; Survival

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; CONSPECIFIC; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELD METHOD; FLOWER; HERB; HERBIVORY; POLLINATION; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SURVIVAL;

SILENE; SILENE LATIFOLIA;

EID: 64349115532     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2009.01492.x     Document Type: Article

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