Mechanistic modeling of seed dispersal by wind over hilly terrain

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 274, Issue , 2014, Pages 29-40

  Trakhtenbrot, A ^a,b   Katul, G G ^b   Nathan, R ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropic dispersal kernel; Connectivity; Coupled Eulerian Lagrangian closure (CELC) approach; Landscape heterogeneity effects on seed vector movement; Mechanistic seed dispersal model; Seed dispersal by wind over non flat topography

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; DISPERSAL KERNEL; EULERIAN-LAGRANGIAN; LANDSCAPE HETEROGENEITIES; NON FLATS; SEED DISPERSAL MODELS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORESTRY; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; LANDFORMS; NONLINEAR ANALYSIS; PLANT SHUTDOWNS; PLANTS (BOTANY); TOPOGRAPHY;

SEED;

ANEMOCHORY; CONIFEROUS TREE; CONNECTIVITY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; HILL; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; PARAMETERIZATION; POLLEN; SEED; TOPOGRAPHY; WIND DIRECTION;

EID: 84890840094     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2013.11.029     Document Type: Article

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