Life history of the long-lived gynodioecious cushion plant Silene acaulis (Caryophyllaceae), inferred from size-based population projection matrices

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 784-793

  Morris, William F ^a   Doak, Daniel F ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpine perennial plant; Caryophyllaceae; Gynodioecy; Life history; Moss campion; Net reproductive rate; Silene acaulis; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; GYNODIOECY; LIFE HISTORY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

SILENE ACAULIS;

EID: 0032229309     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2446413     Document Type: Article

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