No trade-off between seed size and number in the valley oak quercus Lobata

American Naturalist

Volumn 173, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 682-688

  Koenig, Walter D ^a,b   Knops, Johannes M H ^c   Carmen, William J ^d   Sage, Richard D ^b  

^a Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acorns; Life history trade offs; Mast fruiting; Oaks; Quercus lobato; Seed size; Valley oak

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FRUITING; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY; MASTING; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEED SIZE; SEEDING; SPECIES RICHNESS; THEORETICAL STUDY; TREE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

QUERCUS; QUERCUS LOBATA;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; OAK; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; REPRODUCTION;

BIOMASS; QUERCUS; REPRODUCTION; SEEDS;

EID: 67650267218     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/597605     Document Type: Review

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