Temporal variation in the demography of the clonal epiphyte Tillandsia brachycaulos (Bromeliaceae) in the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 189-200

  Mondragón, Demetria ^a   Durán, Rafael ^b   Ramírez, Ivón ^b   Valverde, Teresa ^c  

^a Ctro Interdisciplinario I   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bromeliaceae; Dzibilchalt n National Park; Elasticity analysis; Matrix models; Periodic matrices; Population dynamics; Stochastic simulations; Tillandsia; Tropical dry forest

Indexed keywords

DRY FOREST; EPIPHYTE; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEEDLING; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; YUCATAN;

BROMELIACEAE; TILLANDSIA;

EID: 1942542360     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467403001287     Document Type: Article

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