Causes and consequences of unequal seedling production in forest trees: A case study in red oaks

Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1082-1094

  Moran, Emily V ^a   Clark, James S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coweeta LTER, North Carolina, USA; Duke forest, North Carolina, usa; Effective population size; Fecundity; Lognormal distribution; Negative binomial distribution; Parentage; Poisson distribution; Quercus; Reproductive success

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS FOREST; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FECUNDITY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC DRIFT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LIFE HISTORY; MORTALITY; PARENTAGE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEED PRODUCTION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; TRADE-OFF; VULNERABILITY;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; OAK; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; REPRODUCTION; SEEDLING; TIME;

MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; QUERCUS; REPRODUCTION; SEEDLING; SEEDS; TIME;

COWEETA; DUKE FOREST; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

QUERCUS; QUERCUS COCCINEA; QUERCUS FALCATA; QUERCUS RUBRA; QUERCUS VELUTINA;

EID: 84861406739     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-1428.1     Document Type: Article

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