Spatial autocorrelation and dispersal in mistletoes: Field and simulation results

Vegetatio

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 83-98

  Overton, Jacob McC ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Mistletoes; Phoradendron californicum; Phrygilanthus sonorae; Scale; Spatial autocorrelation

Indexed keywords

PHORADENDRON; PHORADENDRON CALIFORNICUM; PHRYGILANTHUS; PHRYGILANTHUS SONORAE; VISCUM ALBUM; VISCACEAE;

MISTLETOE; SEED DISPERSAL;

MEXICO, BAJA CALIFORNIA;

EID: 0029663385     PISSN: 00423106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00045207     Document Type: Article

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