Variability in the dynamics of northern peripheral versus southern populations of two clonal plant species, Helianthus divaricatus and Rhus aromatica

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 748-760

  Nantel, Patrick ^a   Gagnon, Daniel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Biodôme de Montréal ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Clonal propagation; Elasticity analyses; Environmental stochasticity; Growth rate; Peripheral populations; Population dynamics; Transition matrix

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CLONE; PLANT GROWTH; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

CLONAL ORGANISM; GROWTH RATE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL;

CANADA;

HELIANTHUS DIVARICATUS; RHUS AROMATICA;

EID: 0032695644     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.1999.00388.x     Document Type: Article

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