Modeling seed dispersal in a variable environment: A case study of the fleshy-fruited savanna shrub Grewia flava

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 65-76

  Tews, Jörg ^a   Moloney, Kirk ^b   Jeltsch, Florian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal distance; Environmental variability; Periodically fluctuating environments; Spatial explicit simulation models; Woody plants

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; SAVANNA; SEED DISPERSAL; SHRUB;

GREWIA;

EID: 2042488806     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2003.10.008     Document Type: Article

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