Symmetric competition causes population oscillations in an individual-based model of forest dynamics

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 211, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 491-500

  Caplat, Paul ^a   Anand, Madhur ^a   Bauch, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Moran's I; Plant model; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

BOREAL FOREST; ECOLOGICAL MODELLING; MORAN'S I; PLANT MODEL;

FORESTRY;

BOREAL FOREST; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOREST DYNAMICS; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 38349192323     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2007.10.002     Document Type: Article

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