Interpretation of elasticity matrices as an aid to the management of plant populations for conservation

Conservation Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 591-597

  Silvertown, Jonathan ^a   Franco, Miguel ^b   Menges, Eric ^c  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ELASTICITY MATRICES; PLANT POPULATION;

CIRSIUM VULGARE; PEDICULARIS FURBISHIAE;

EID: 0029751553     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1996.10020591.x     Document Type: Article

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