Approximating spatial interactions in a model of forest dynamics as a means of understanding spatial patterns

Ecological Complexity

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 209-218

  Verzelen, Nicolas ^a   Picard, Nicolas ^b   Gourlet Fleury, Sylvie ^b  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Complex models; Forest dynamics; Individual based models; Spatial interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747743049     PISSN: 1476945X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2006.03.001     Document Type: Article

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