Scale and contingency in plant demography: quantitative approaches and inference
Ecologists have long recognized that patterns measured in nature often depend upon the context in which they are observed and the scale at which they are observed. When studying plant populations, the role of scale and contingency becomes crucial. Thinking about a plant community as a system is esse...
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Trace: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange
2007
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| Online Access: | http://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss/241 |