Inverse modeling for effective dispersal: Do we need tree size to estimate fecundity?

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 221, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 2415-2424

  Nanos, Nikos ^a   Larson, Kajsa ^b   Millerón, Matias ^a   Sjöstedt de Luna, Sara ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dispersal kernel; EM algorithm; European beech; Recruitment; Reproductive success

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL KERNEL; EM ALGORITHMS; EUROPEAN BEECH; RECRUITMENT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMPLOYMENT; FORESTRY; INVERSE PROBLEMS; NONLINEAR ANALYSIS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

TREES (MATHEMATICS);

ALGORITHM; ALLOMETRY; DATA SET; DECIDUOUS TREE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FECUNDITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MORTALITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SAPLING; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING; SIZE; TREE;

ALGORITHMS; EMPLOYMENT; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RECRUITMENT; SIMULATION;

SPAIN;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 77956191344     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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