General patterns of age-by-stage distributions

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 235-240

  Boucher, Douglas H ^a,b  

^a HOOD COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

age; distribution; frequency; matrix; passage; population; size; stage

Indexed keywords

AGE-BY-STAGE DISTRIBUTION; LEFKOVITCH MATRIX; STABLE AGE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0030617467     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2960654     Document Type: Review

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