Fruiting strategies of perennial plants: A resource budget model to couple mast seeding to pollination efficiency and resource allocation strategies

American Naturalist

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 66-75

  Venner, Samuel ^a   Siberchicot, Aurélie ^a   Pélisson, Pierre François ^a   Schermer, Eliane ^a   Bel Venner, Marie Claude ^a   Nicolas, Manuel ^b   Débias, François ^a   Miele, Vincent ^a   Sauzet, Sandrine ^a   Boulanger, Vincent ^b   Delzon, Sylvain ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b Office National des Forets   (France)

^c UMR 1202 BIOGECO   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Fruit set; Fruit size; Masting; Pollination efficiency; Resource budget model; Sex allocation

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; FLOWERING; FRUIT; FRUIT SET; MASTING; PERENNIAL PLANT; POLLINATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEEDLING; SEX ALLOCATION; SIZE STRUCTURE;

FRUIT; PLANT SEED; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTION; TREE;

FRUIT; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTION; SEEDS; TREES;

EID: 84975152239     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/686684     Document Type: Article

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