Journal article
Spatial dynamics in model plant communities: what do we really know?
Abstract
A variety of models have shown that spatial dynamics and small-scale endogenous heterogeneity (e.g., forest gaps or local resource depletion zones) can change the rate and outcome of competition in communities of plants or other sessile organisms. However, the theory appears complicated and hard to connect to real systems. We synthesize results from three different kinds of models: interacting particle systems, moment equations for spatial …
Authors
Bolker BM; Pacala SW; Neuhauser C
Journal
The American Naturalist, Vol. 162, No. 2, pp. 135–148
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Publication Date
8 2003
DOI
10.1086/376575
ISSN
0003-0147