Spatial patterns of seed dispersal, their determinants and consequences for recruitment

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 278-285

  Nathan, Ran ^a   Muller Landau, Helene C ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANT COMMUNITY; RECRUITMENT; SEED DISPERSAL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ECOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHENOMENOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

EID: 0034237348     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(00)01874-7     Document Type: Review

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