Are the best dispersers the best colonizers? Seed mass, dispersal and establishment in Carduus thistles

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 155-169

  Skarpaas, Olav ^a   Silverman, Edward J ^b   Jongejans, Eelke ^c   Shea, Katriona ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Colonization; Dispersal establishment trade off; Establishment; Germination; Seed mass; Wind dispersal

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; DICOTYLEDON; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GERMINATION; GROWTH RATE; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

CARDUUS; CARDUUS ACANTHOIDES; CARDUUS NUTANS; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 78650519728     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-010-9391-4     Document Type: Article

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