Re: [ECOLOG-L] cycles in plant populations?

2017-02-06 Thread Jose Luis Gonzalez-Andujar
a persistent soil seed bank. -Original Message- From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news [mailto:ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU] On Behalf Of Pati Vitt Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2017 6:48 AM To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] cycles in plant populations? Perhaps

Re: [ECOLOG-L] cycles in plant populations?

2017-02-06 Thread Menges, Eric
. -Original Message- From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news [mailto:ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU] On Behalf Of Pati Vitt Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2017 6:48 AM To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] cycles in plant populations? Perhaps the best example is masting

Re: [ECOLOG-L] cycles in plant populations?

2017-02-05 Thread Pati Vitt
Perhaps the best example is masting in trees. Pati Vitt > On Feb 4, 2017, at 6:57 PM, David Inouye wrote: > > The classic examples of populations that cycle, including predator-prey > interactions, and some host-parasite interactions, all involve animals. Are > there

[ECOLOG-L] cycles in plant populations?

2017-02-04 Thread David Inouye
The classic examples of populations that cycle, including predator-prey interactions, and some host-parasite interactions, all involve animals. Are there similar examples of cycles in plant populations? Certainly lots of variation in abundance, such as in population size of desert annuals