The evolution of dispersal and seed size in plant communities

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 409-435

  Levin, Simon A ^a   Muller Landau, Helene C ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive dynamics; Evolutionarily stable strategy; Seed dispersal; Seed size

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001501092     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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