Recruitment rates exhibit high elasticity and high temporal variation in populations of a short-lived perennial herb

Oikos

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 69-74

  Picó, F Xavier ^a   Quintana Ascencio, Pedro F ^b,c   Menges, Eric S ^b   López Barrera, Fabiola ^b,c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE CONSERVACIÓN DE LA BIODIVERSIDAD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HERB; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PERENNIAL PLANT; RECRUITMENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

HYPERICUM CUMULICOLA;

EID: 0142134209     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2003.12553.x     Document Type: Article

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