Invasion by extremes: Population spread with variation in dispersal and reproduction

American Naturalist

Volumn 157, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 537-554

  Clark, James S ^a   Lewis, Mark ^b   Horvath, Lajos ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Extreme events; Fat tailed kernels; Forest dynamics; Holocene; Migration; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035020799     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/319934     Document Type: Article

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