Metapopulation dynamics of the mistletoe and its host in savanna areas with different fire occurrence.

Mistletoes are aerial hemiparasitic plants which occupy patches of favorable habitat (host trees) surrounded by unfavorable habitat and may be possibly modeled as a metapopulation. A metapopulation is defined as a subdivided population that persists due to the balance between colonization and extinc...

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Main Authors: Grazielle Sales Teodoro, Eduardo van den Berg, Rafael Arruda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23776554/?tool=EBI