Assessing context-dependent survival of Quercus glauca seeds in a humid maritime woodland

Plant Ecology

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 143-153

  Yoko o, Makoto ^a   Tokeshi, Mutsunori ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

GLMM; Non predation mortality; Null model; Odds ratio; Paired experimental design; Predation effect

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVERGREEN TREE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GERMINATION; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; PTERIDOPHYTE; SEED PREDATION; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SURVIVAL; UNDERSTORY; VINE; WOODLAND;

FILICOPHYTA; PTERIDOPHYTA; PYRROSIA; PYRROSIA LINGUA; QUERCUS GLAUCA; RODENTIA; TRACHELOSPERMUM; TRACHELOSPERMUM ASIATICUM;

EID: 83855165767     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-011-9965-4     Document Type: Article

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