Plant fecundity and seed dispersal in spatially heterogeneous environments: Models, mechanisms and estimation

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 628-641

  Schurr, Frank M ^a   Steinitz, Ofer ^b   Nathan, Ran ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Dispersal kernel; Inverse modelling; Local interactions; Mechanistic model for seed dispersal by wind; Movement space; Path effect; Plant fecundity; Population migration; Source effect

Indexed keywords

ANEMOCHORY; CONIFEROUS TREE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ESTIMATION METHOD; FECUNDITY; INVERSE ANALYSIS; MIGRATION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION MODELING; SEED DISPERSAL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WIND VELOCITY;

PINUS HALEPENSIS;

EID: 44949156645     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2008.01371.x     Document Type: Article

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