Population dynamics of the perennial Plantago media in semi-natural grasslands

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 245-252

  Eriksson, Åsa ^a   Eriksson, Ove ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Demography; Disturbance; Habitat fragmentation; Life span; Recruitment; Spatio temporal variation; Stochastic matrix models; Time to extinction

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; GRASSLAND; GROWTH RATE; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

(SOUTHEAST); SWEDEN;

PLANTAGO MEDIA;

EID: 0034084548     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3236803     Document Type: Article

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