Trade-offs between vegetative growth and acorn production in Quercus lobata during a mast year: The relevance of crop size and hierarchical level within the canopy

Oecologia

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 101-110

  Sánchez Humanes, Belén ^a   Sork, Victoria L ^b   Espelta, Josep Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost of reproduction; Growth; Mast seeding; Modular organization; Valley oak

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMY; BIOMASS; CANOPY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECIDUOUS TREE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FITNESS; GROWTH RATE; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEED PRODUCTION; TRADE-OFF; VEGETATION TYPE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NUT; OAK; REPRODUCTION;

BIOMASS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUTS; QUERCUS; REPRODUCTION;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

QUERCUS LOBATA;

EID: 79954416050     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1819-6     Document Type: Article

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