Demography of the invasive woody perennial Prosopis glandulosa (honey mesquite)

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 955-962

  Golubov, Jordan ^a   Del Carmen Mandujano, María ^a   Franco, Miguel ^a   Montaña, Carlos ^b   Eguiarte, Luis E ^a   Lopez Portillo, Jorge ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Demographic parameters; Demographic triangle; Demography; Elasticity; Invasive species; Life history; Mesquite; Periodic matrices; Prosopis glandulosa; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENT; FERTILITY; MODEL; PLANT GROWTH; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SURVIVAL;

DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WOODY PLANT;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS GLANDULOSA;

EID: 0344129081     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.1999.00420.x     Document Type: Article

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