Measuring plant dispersal: An introduction to field methods and experimental design

Plant Ecology

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 217-234

  Bullock, James M ^a   Shea, Katriona ^b   Skarpaas, Olav ^b,c  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Dispersal kernels; Dispersal mechanism; Long distance dispersal; Model fitting; Optimisation; Simulation models

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADAPTATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA QUALITY; DISPERSAL; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FIELD METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PLANT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SAMPLING; SIMULATION;

EID: 33748635201     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-006-9124-5     Document Type: Review

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