Nitrogen deposition and extinction risk in the northern pitcher plant, Sarracenia purpurea

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 2758-2765

  Gotelli, Nicholas J ^a   Ellison, Aaron M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Demographic study; Extinction risk; Life table response experiment; Long lived perennial; Matrix model and population growth; N:P ratio; Nitrogen deposition; Ombrotrophic bogs; Pitcher plant, northern; Population growth

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BOG; EXTINCTION RISK; GROWTH RESPONSE; NITROGEN; OMBROTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PLANT; SURVIVORSHIP;

NEW ENGLAND; UNITED STATES;

SARRACENIA PURPUREA; SARRACENIACEAE;

EID: 0038814762     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[2758:NDAERI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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