Modelling rain forest diversity: The role of competition

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 188, Issue 2-4, 2005, Pages 253-278

  Bampfylde, C J ^a,b,c   Brown, N D ^a   Gavaghan, D J ^b   Maini, P K ^b  

^a Department of Plant Sciences ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Competition; Diversity; Mathematical model; Metapopulations; Rain forests; Seeding events

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMPETITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

METAPOPULATIONS; RAIN FORESTS; SEEDING EVENTS;

FORESTRY;

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); NUMERICAL MODEL; RAINFOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY; COMPETITION; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 27144510616     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2005.02.007     Document Type: Article

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