Disentangling the drivers of context-dependent plant-animal interactions

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1485-1496

  Maron, John L ^a   Baer, Kathryn C ^a   Angert, Amy L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Context dependence; Herbivory; Plant population abundance; Plant pollinator interactions; Pollen limitation; Range limits; Seed limitation; Species interactions

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; HERBIVORY; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLEN; POLLINATOR; POPULATION GROWTH; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEEDLING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WEED CONTROL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 85027931260     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12305     Document Type: Article

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