How general are the determinants of the stochastic population growth rate across nearby sites?

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 119-137

  Morris, William F ^a   Doak, Daniel F ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Elasticity; Environmental stochasticity; Moss campion; Projection matrix; Sensitivity; Silene acaulis

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; POPULATION GROWTH; STOCHASTICITY;

ACAULIS; BRYOPHYTA; SILENE; SILENE ACAULIS;

EID: 14544307088     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-4116     Document Type: Article

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