Seed size and provenance mediate the joint effects of disturbance and seed predation on community assembly

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1492-1500

  Maron, John L ^a   Pearson, Dean E ^a,b   Potter, Teal ^a   Ortega, Yvette K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Community assembly; Competition; Disturbance; Exotic species; Invasion; Plant population and community dynamics; Post dispersal seed predation; Recruitment; Seed limitation; Seed size

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DISTURBANCE; GRASSLAND; INVASIVE SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; PROVENANCE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RODENT; SEED PREDATION; SEED SIZE;

BLACKFOOT RIVER; MONTANA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867753917     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2012.02027.x     Document Type: Article

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