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Table 1 Maximum likelihood estimates of the parameters used in the dispersal function

From: Seed production, seed dispersal and seedling establishment of two afromontane tree species in and around a church forest: implications for forest restoration

Parameter

Olea europaea (median dispersal distance 200 m)

Schefflera abyssinica (median dipersal distance 100 m)

Mean

Confidence interval

Mean

Confidence interval

Lower

Upper

Lower

Upper

STRa

36, 219

35, 600

38, 500

28, 221

26, 900

28, 900

Beta

1.08

0.96

1.19

0.94

0.84

1.03

D b

2.43

2.39

2.46

12.06

11.74

12.37

MDDc

191

188.7

198.5

92

88.9

95.2

Theta

0.46

0.46

0.46

0.78

0.77

0.78

R d

0.38*

0.39*

Normalizer

5684

7328

  1. Beta and Theta are parameters for the Poisson distribution function
  2. *Significant at p = 0.05
  3. aSTR is the standard total recruitment
  4. b D the speed of the decline in the number of recruits
  5. cMDD the mean dispersal distance
  6. d R the observed-predicted correlation