Seed dispersal near and far: Patterns across temperate and tropical forests

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1475-1494

  Clark, James S ^a   Silman, Miles ^d   Kern, Ruth ^b   Macklin, Eric ^c   Hillerislambers, Janneke ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Dispersal kernel; Exponential model; Forest dynamics; Gamma; Gaussian model; Migration; Seed dispersal; Seed shadow; Student's t

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; SCALE EFFECT; SEED DISPERSAL;

ANIMALIA; CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 0032855350     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[1475:SDNAFP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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