Spatially realistic plant metapopulation models and the colonization-competition trade-off

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 616-626

  Higgins, Steven I ^a,b   Cain, Michael L ^c  

^a Umweltfoschungszentrum Leipzig Halle   (Germany)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^c ROSE HULMAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Dispersal; Landscape connectivity; Local population dynamics; Long distance seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ECOLOGICAL MODELING; METAPOPULATION; PATCH DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; SEED DISPERSAL; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 0036345355     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2002.00694.x     Document Type: Article

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