A model integrating patch dynamics , competing species and the intermediate disturbance hypothesis
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Barnes and Roderick [Barnes, B., Roderick, M., 2004. An ecological framework linking scales across space and time based on self-thinning. Theor. Population Biol. 66, 113–118] developed a mathematical model of patch dynamics, based on a time-dependent self-thinning mechanism. In this paper, we consider the ramifications of their modelling approach, in terms Accepted 21 October 2005 Published on line 27 December 2005
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تاریخ انتشار 2006