The Ecology and Evolution of Seed Dispersal: A Theoretical Perspective

Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics

Volumn 34, Issue , 2003, Pages 575-604

  Levin, Simon A ^a   Muller Landau, Helene C ^b   Nathan, Ran ^c   Chave, Jérôme ^d  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^d École Nationale de Formation Agronomique   (France)

Author keywords

Invasion speed; Long distance dispersal; Mechanistic models; Population dynamics; Spatial ecology

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEED DISPERSAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0842344606     PISSN: 00664162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.34.011802.132428     Document Type: Review

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