Variation in the demography of a woodland understorey herb (Primula vulgaris) along the forest regeneration cycle: Projection matrix analysis

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 545-562

  Valverde, Teresa ^a,b   Silvertown, Jonathan ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Canopy gaps; Demographic change; Gap dependent species; Population dynamics; Sensitivity and elasticity analysis

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; HERB; REGENERATION;

CANOPY; DEMOGRAPHY; FLOWERING PLANT; SUCCESSION; UNDERSTORY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

PRIMULA VULGARIS;

EID: 0031823146     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.1998.00280.x     Document Type: Article

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