Acorn crop size and pre-dispersal predation determine inter-specific differences in the recruitment of co-occurring oaks

Oecologia

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 559-568

  Espelta, Josep Maria ^a   Cortes P ^a   Molowny Horas, R ^a   Retana, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Curculio spp.; Host predator interaction; Masting; Quercus spp.; Seed size

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; DECIDUOUS TREE; GERMINATION; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; MASTING; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; OAK; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; SPAIN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WEEVIL;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GERMINATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; QUERCUS; SEEDS; SPAIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WEEVILS;

CURCULIO; CURCULIONIDAE; HEXAPODA; ILEX; QUERCUS; QUERCUS HUMILIS; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 70349287570     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1394-x     Document Type: Article

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