Quantifying seed dispersal kernels from truncated seedtracking data
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Ben T. Hirsch*, Marco D. Visser, Roland Kays and Patrick A. Jansen New York State Museum, 3140 CEC, Albany, NY 12230, USA; Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Unit 9100, Box 0948, DPO AA 34002-9898, USA; Department of Experimental Plant Ecology, Radboud University Nijmegen, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Centre for Ecosystem Studies, Wageningen University and Research Centre, PO Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands; and Community and Conservation Ecology Group, University of Groningen, PO Box 11103, 9700 CC Groningen, The Netherlands
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تاریخ انتشار 2012