Density-dependent growth and survival in a natural population of the facultative biennial Digitalis purpurea

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 727-736

  Sletvold, Nina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Demographic rates; Density dependent recruitment; Growth curves; Life history; Local competition; Monocarpic perennial; Plant demography; Stochastic variation; Temporal variation

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; GROWTH RATE; LIFE CYCLE; RECRUITMENT; SURVIVAL;

DIGITALIS; DIGITALIS PURPUREA;

EID: 27644571661     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2005.01008.x     Document Type: Article

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