Characterising spatial and temporal variation in the finite rate of population increase across the northern range boundary of the annual grass Vulpia fasciculata

Oecologia

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 407-415

  Norton, Lisa R ^a,b   Firbank, Les G ^b   Scott, Andrew ^b   Watkinson, Andrew R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Population dynamics; Seed introduction; Species distribution; Vulpia facsiculata

Indexed keywords

ECOTYPE; GRASS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PLANT SEED; POACEAE; POPULATION GROWTH; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DEMOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHY; GREAT BRITAIN; POACEAE; POPULATION GROWTH; SEEDS;

VULPIA; VULPIA FASCICULATA;

EID: 25844507161     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0102-8     Document Type: Article

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