Both seedling banks and specialist seed predators promote the evolution of synchronized and intermittent reproduction (masting) in trees

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1398-1408

  Tachiki, Yuuya ^a   Iwasa, Yoh ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adaptive dynamics; Evolution of mast seeding; Finite pairwise invasibility plot; Pollen coupling; Predator satiation; Reproductive ecology; Synchronized reproduction

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; FOREST CANOPY; MASTING; POLLEN; POLLINATION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGENERATION; REPRODUCTIVE COST; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEED BANK; SEED PREDATION; SPECIALIST; SURVIVAL;

EID: 77958184202     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2010.01729.x     Document Type: Article

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