Ecological life history of Polymnia canadensis, a monocarpic species of the North American Temperate Deciduous Forest: Demography

Plant Ecology

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 117-136

  Bender, Martin H ^a,b   Baskin, Jerry M ^a   Baskin, Carol C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b THE LAND INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite; Demography; Life history; Life tables; Polymnia Mass seeding; Population structure; Reproductive biology; Semelparity; Survivorship curves

Indexed keywords

GERMINATION; LIFE HISTORY; POPULATION ECOLOGY; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SURVIVORSHIP;

UNITED STATES;

POLYMNIA CANADENSIS;

EID: 0034061473     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009864912195     Document Type: Article

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