A mechanistic simulation model of seed dispersal by animals

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1011-1022

  Will, Heidrun ^a   Tackenberg, Oliver ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal dispersal; Animal movement; Long distance dispersal; Mammals; Mechanistic model; Plant traits; Plant animal interactions; Seed dispersal; Seed shadow; Zoochory

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLORAL TRAIT; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MAMMAL; PARAMETERIZATION; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; SEED DISPERSAL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STANDARDIZATION; ZOOCHORY;

ANIMALIA; BOS; CERVIDAE; MAMMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 49649102931     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2007.01341.x     Document Type: Review

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