Dispersal-dormancy relationships in annual plants: Putting model predictions to the test

American Naturalist

Volumn 176, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 490-500

  Siewert, Wolfgang ^a   Tielbörger, Katja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Annuals; Bet hedging; Dispersal; Dormancy; Trade off; Variable environment

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PLANT; DISPERSAL; DORMANCY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FITNESS; PLANT COMMUNITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REPRODUCTION; SEEDLING; TRADE-OFF;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT SEED; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCTION; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED DORMANCY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ENVIRONMENT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS; REPRODUCTION; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED DORMANCY; SEEDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77957603790     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/656271     Document Type: Article

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