Density dependence in an annual plant community: Variation among life history stages

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 423-446

  Goldberg, Deborah E ^a,c   Turkington, Roy ^b   Olsvig Whittaker, Linda ^c   Dyer, Andrew R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Community level density dependence; Competition; Demography; Density dependence; Desert annuals; Facilitation; Graminoid vs. dicot; Life history; Plants; Population regulation

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; LIFE HISTORY; PLANT COMMUNITY;

DICOTYLEDONEAE; POACEAE;

EID: 0034888868     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9615(2001)071[0423:DDIAAP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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