A comparative demography of plants based upon elasticities of vital rates

Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 531-538

  Franco, Miguel ^a   Silvertown, Jonathan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age at first reproduction; Damping ratio; Demographic triangle; Elasticity analysis; Finite rate of increase; Generation time; Longevity; Net reproductive rate; Perennial plants; Period of oscillation; Population projection matrix

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; LIFE HISTORY; PLANT; POPULATION MODELING;

EID: 1542379060     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/02-0651     Document Type: Article

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