Seed rain dynamics reveals strong dispersal limitation, different reproductive strategies and responses to climate in a temperate forest in northeast China

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 271-279

  Li, Buhang ^a,b   Hao, Zhanqing ^a   Bin, Yue ^c   Zhang, Jian ^d   Wang, Miao ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autoregressive model; Changbai mountain; Climate; Mast; Seed dispersal; The timing of releasing seeds

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; FRUITING; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MASTING; METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEASONALITY; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED RAIN; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPERATE FOREST; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

BAEKDU MOUNTAIN; CHANGBAI MOUNTAINS;

EID: 84863344322     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2011.01344.x     Document Type: Article

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