Stochastic flood and precipitation regimes and the population dynamics of a threatened floodplain plant

Ecological Applications

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1036-1052

  Smith, Marian ^a   Caswell, Hal ^b   Mettler Cherry, Paige ^c  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c LINDENWOOD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boltonia decurrens; Conservation; Elasticity; Flood regime; Floodplain; LTRE; Matrix population model; Periodic matrix model; Stochastic elasticity; Stochastic environment; Stochastic matrix model; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH;

ILLINOIS; ILLINOIS VALLEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; BOLTONIA DECURRENS;

EID: 16244405934     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-0434     Document Type: Article

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