Density-dependent demographic responses of a semelparous plant to natural variation in seed rain

Oikos

Volumn 119, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1929-1935

  Waser, Nickolas M ^a,b,c   Campbell, Diane R ^d   Price, Mary V ^b,c   Brody, Alison K ^e  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DICOTYLEDON; FECUNDITY; FITNESS; FLOWER; GERMINATION; LIFE HISTORY; POLLINATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEED RAIN; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SURVIVAL;

IPOMOPSIS AGGREGATA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 78649415723     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2010.18429.x     Document Type: Article

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