Efficiency of pollination and satiation of predators determine reproductive output in Iberian Juniperus thurifera woodlands

Plant Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 147-155

  Mezquida, E T ^a   Rodriguez Garcia E ^b   Olano, J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fruit production; Pollination success; Predispersal predation; Reproductive investment; Seed viability

Indexed keywords

ANEMOPHILY; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FITNESS; FRUGIVORY; FRUIT PRODUCTION; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VIABILITY; WOODLAND;

IBERIAN PENINSULA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

ANIMALIA; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS THURIFERA;

ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; FOREST; FRUIT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; JUNIPERUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POLLINATION; PREDATION; SATIETY; SPAIN;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; FORESTS; FRUIT; JUNIPERUS; POLLINATION; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SATIATION; SEEDS; SPAIN;

EID: 84954446544     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: 14388677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/plb.12338     Document Type: Article

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