Fecundity of trees and the colonization-competition hypothesis

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 415-442

  Clark, James S ^a   LaDeau, Shannon ^a   Ibanez, Ines ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Colonization competition hypothesis; Hierarchical Bayes; Markov chain Monte Carlo; Masting; Population size, effective; Random effects; Stochasticity; Successional niche; Tree fecundity schedule; Tree seed production

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; FECUNDITY; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; SEED PRODUCTION; SUCCESSION; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 4444253741     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/02-4093     Document Type: Article

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