Multiple natural enemies cause distance-dependent mortality at the seed-to-seedling transition

Ecology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 593-598

  Fricke, Evan C ^a   Tewksbury, Joshua J ^a,c   Rogers, Haldre S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Luc Hoffmann Institute WWF International   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diversity maintenance; Fungal pathogens; Janzen Connell hypothesis; Negative density dependence; Seed dispersal; Seed to seedling transition

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA;

ANIMAL; DIVERSITY MAINTENANCE; FUNGAL PATHOGENS; FUNGUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HERBIVORY; JANZEN-CONNELL HYPOTHESIS; LETTER; MICROBIOLOGY; NEGATIVE DENSITY DEPENDENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED-TO-SEEDLING TRANSITION; SEEDLING; SURVIVAL;

DIVERSITY MAINTENANCE; FUNGAL PATHOGENS; JANZEN-CONNELL HYPOTHESIS; NEGATIVE DENSITY DEPENDENCE; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED-TO-SEEDLING TRANSITION;

ANIMALS; FUNGI; HERBIVORY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANTS; SEEDLING; SEEDS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84898059548     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12261     Document Type: Article

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