Understanding the consequences of seed dispersal in a heterogeneous environment

Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2118-2128

  Baythavong, Brooke S ^a   Stanton, Maureen L ^a   Rice, Kevin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental heterogeneity; Erodium cicutarium; Invasive species; Multigroup analysis; Phenotypic plasticity; Seed dispersal; Serpentine soils; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

WATER;

BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; GENETIC VARIATION; GRASSLAND; HETEROGENEITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEED COLLECTION; SEED DISPERSAL;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; GERANIACEAE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POACEAE; SOIL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; GERANIACEAE; POACEAE; SEEDS; SOIL; WATER;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ERODIUM CICUTARIUM;

EID: 68149175313     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-0307.1     Document Type: Article

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