The interacting effects of clumped seed dispersal and distance- and density-dependent mortality on seedling recruitment patterns

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 862-873

  Beckman, Noelle G ^a,c   Neuhauser, Claudia ^b   Muller Landau, Helene C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregated distributions; Bruchidae; Dispersal; Diversity maintenance; Early plant recruitment; Janzen Connell; Oomycetes; Plant herbivore interactions; Spatial patterns; Vertebrate dispersed seeds

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; INSECT; LIFE HISTORY; MORTALITY; MOVEMENT; NATURAL ENEMY; PATHOGEN; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; SEED RAIN; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVORSHIP; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 84862517762     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2012.01978.x     Document Type: Article

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