Differences in vital demographic rates in three populations of the epiphytic bromeliad, Werauhia sanguinolenta

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 306-312

  Zotz, Gerhard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Bromeliaceae; Elasticity analysis; Growth; Mortality; Panama; Size dependency

Indexed keywords

EPIPHYTE; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

CENTRAL AMERICA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

BROMELIACEAE; WERAUHIA;

EID: 28644444363     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2005.05.009     Document Type: Article

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