Seed dispersal and seedling recruitment of Betula alleghaniensis: Spatial inconsistency in time

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 807-818

  Houle, Gilles ^a  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Concordance; Correlogram; Discordance; Dispersion pattern; Gradient; Moran's I; Seed bank; Seed dispersal; Seed rain; Seedling

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; RECRUITMENT; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA;

BETULA; BETULA ALLEGHANIENSIS;

EID: 0031820840     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/176580     Document Type: Article

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