Strict mast fruiting for a tropical dipterocarp tree: A demographic cost-benefit analysis of delayed reproduction and seed predation

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1033-1044

  Visser, Marco D ^a,b   Jongejans, Eelke ^b   van Breugel, Michiel ^a,c   Zuidema, Pieter A ^d   Chen, Yu Yun ^e   Rahman Kassim, Abdul ^f   de Kroon, Hans ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Delayed reproduction; Demography; Dipterocarpaceae; Elasticity; Life history evolution; Plant population and community dynamics; Predator satiation hypothesis; Stochastic matrix model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DEMOGRAPHY; DICOTYLEDON; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FITNESS; FRUITING; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MASTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANT COMMUNITY; REGENERATION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEED PREDATION; SEED PRODUCTION; STOCHASTICITY;

MALAYSIA;

DIPTEROCARPACEAE; SHOREA LEPROSULA;

EID: 79958837644     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2011.01825.x     Document Type: Article

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