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Ecology – Ecological Society of America
Published: Oct 1, 2005
Keywords: animal dispersal ; Cameroon ; dispersal kernel ; inverse power ; maximum likelihood ; seed dispersal ; seed rain ; seed shadow ; tropical trees ; wind dispersal
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