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What defines mast seeding? Spatio-temporal patterns of cone production by whitebark pine

  1. Elizabeth E. Crone1,*,
  2. Eliot J. B. McIntire2,
  3. Jedediah Brodie1

Article first published online: 21 JAN 2011

DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2010.01790.x

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Journal of Ecology

Journal of Ecology

Volume 99, Issue 2, pages 438–444, March 2011

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Crone, E. E., McIntire, E. J. B. and Brodie, J. (2011), What defines mast seeding? Spatio-temporal patterns of cone production by whitebark pine. Journal of Ecology, 99: 438–444. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2010.01790.x

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  1. 1

    Wildlife Biology Program, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA

  2. 2

    Département des sciences du bois et de la forêt, Université Laval, Québec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada

* Correspondence author. E-mails: elizabeth.crone@cfc.umt.edu; ecrone@fas.harvard.edu

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  1. Issue published online: 15 FEB 2011
  2. Article first published online: 21 JAN 2011
  3. Received 14 July 2010; accepted 6 December 2010 Handling Editor: Luis Santamaria

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