A metapopulation model for Primula vulgaris, a temperate forest understorey herb

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 193-210

  Valverde, Teresa ^a,b   Silvertown, Jonathan ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

colonization; extinction; forest dynamics; seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

PRIMULA VULGARIS; PRIMULACEAE;

COLONIZATION; DISPERSAL; METAPOPULATION; PRIMROSE;

EID: 0030617442     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2960651     Document Type: Article

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