The effects of plant distribution and frugivore density on the scale and shape of dispersal kernels

Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1489-1496

  Morales, Juan Manuel ^a,c   Carlo, Tomás A ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal movement; Diffusion model; Frugivory; Kernel shape; Landscape; Plant and frugivore distribution; Seed dispersal; Spatial ecology; Spatially explicit simulation

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FRUGIVORY; FRUIT PRODUCTION; MOVEMENT; PLANT; SEED DISPERSAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33745999437     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: 00129658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2006)87[1489:TEOPDA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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