Global versus local coupling models and theoretical stability analysis of size-structure dynamics in plant populations

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 61-72

  Yokozawa, M ^a   Hara, T ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Competitive asymmetry; Dynamical system; Global coupling; Layered structure of size distribution; Linear stability analysis; Local coupling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033151717     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(99)00049-6     Document Type: Article

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