Postdispersal seed predation limits the abundance of a long-lived perennial forb (Lithospermum ruderale)

Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 532-543

  Bricker, Mary ^a,b   Maron, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Granivory; Lithospermum ruderale; Matrix model; Peromyscus maniculatus; Population growth rate; Population projection; Seed predation; Small mammal

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DEMOGRAPHY; FORAGE; FRUGIVORY; GERMINATION; GRANIVORY; GROWTH RATE; PERENNIAL PLANT; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION GROWTH; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RODENT; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LITHOSPERMUM; PEROMYSCUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LITHOSPERMUM; PEROMYSCUS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEEDS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

BORAGINACEAE; LITHOSPERMUM RUDERALE; MAMMALIA; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84860236055     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-0948.1     Document Type: Article

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