An integrated model of demography, patch dynamics and seed dispersal in a woodland herb, Primula vulgaris

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Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 67-77

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

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANOPY GAP; GAP DYNAMICS; MODELLING; PATCH DYNAMICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEED DISPERSAL;

PRIMULA VULGARIS; PRIMULACEAE;

EID: 0030818418     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546517     Document Type: Article

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