A comparative test of the predictive power of neighbourhood models in natural populations of Lasallia pustulata

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1655-1661

  Sletvold, Nina ^a   Hestmark, Geir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Lasallia pustulata; Local competition; Neighbourhood models

Indexed keywords

LASALLIA PUSTULATA; MODEL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; NEAREST NEIGHBOR ANALYSIS; POPULATION MODELING; PREDICTION;

LASALLIA PUSTULATA;

EID: 0033508955     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjb-77-11-1655     Document Type: Article

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