Untangling multiple factors in spatial distributions: Lilies, gophers, and rocks

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1698-1715

  Thomson, James D ^a,b   Weiblen, George ^b   Thomson, Barbara A ^a   Alfaro, Satie ^b   Legendre, Pierre ^c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GERMINATION; GLACIER LILY; POCKET GOPHER; SEED DISPERSAL; SUBALPINE MEADOW;

USA, COLORADO;

ERYTHRONIUM GRANDIFLORUM; LILIACEAE; THOMOMYS TALPOIDES;

EID: 0030435306     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265776     Document Type: Article

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